As Texas is such a large state, you can imagine that they have a large presence of military bases. As for the Army, there are 11 Army bases or facilities located in Texas that are currently in active status.
These bases all have a rich history, and they were founded in a variety of different years. For example, a few Army bases in Texas began during World War II. Others started before that, providing support to World War I and the Spanish-American war.
Some Texas bases house Active army units, while others are serving as more of a historical site or National Guard training center.
Below, you will find a few key facts about each of the Army bases in Texas. If you’d like to learn more about any specific base, feel free to visit their official sites (listed below).
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Fort Bliss
Location: El Paso, Texas
In Use: 1849 – Present
Overall Mission: Fort Bliss works to support contingency operations while providing excellent support to their community, both military and civilian.
Units Stationed:
- 1st Armored Division
- 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command
- NCO Leadership Center of Excellence
- Joint Task Force North
- Joint Modernization Command
- 5th Armored Brigade
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center
- 93d Military Police Battalion
Official Site: https://home.army.mil/bliss/index.php/my-fort
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Fort Cavazos
Location: Killeen, Texas
In Use: 1942- Present
Overall Mission: Formerly known as Fort Hood, Fort Cavazos works to provide the best facilities, programs, and infrastructures to train units for deployment, as well as to take care of soldiers and their families.
Units Stationed:
- III Armored Corps
- 1st Calvary Division
- 1st Army Division West
- 36th Engineer Brigade
- 13th Sustainment Command
- 1st Medical Brigade
- 48th Chemical Brigade
- 89th Military Police Brigade
- 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Official Site: https://home.army.mil/cavazos
Joint Base San Antonio
Location: San Antonio, Texas
In Use: 1876 (Fort Sam Houston), 2010- Present (Joint Base)
Overall Mission: This Joint Base is a combination of the US Army’s Fort Sam Houston, the US Air Force’s Randolph Air Force Base, Lackland Air Force Base, and Martindale Air Field
Units Stationed:
- 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
- 5th Recruiting Brigagde
- 106th Signal Brigade
- 470th Military Intelligence Brigade
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- US Army Corps of Engineers
Official Site: https://www.jbsa.mil
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Red River Army Depot
Location: Texarkana, Texas
In Use: 1941- Present
Overall Mission: This base works to build and remanufacture armored vehicles, and provide maintenance worldwide in support of soldiers in the field.
Units Stationed:
- Army Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
Official Site: https://www.redriver.army.mil
Camp Bowie
Location: Brownwood, Texas
In Use: 1940- Present
Overall Mission: Camp Bowie was a widely used training base around the time of the Second World War. Today, it is still used for National Guard training purposes. It is an active site that houses ammunition storage.
Units Stationed:
- Texas National Guard units for various training types
Official Site: N/A
Camp Mabry
Location: Austin, Texas
In Use: 1892- Present
Overall Mission: Camp Mabry is a historical site due to its role in training and housing soldiers during the Spanish-American War and World War II. Today, it serves as a training facility for National Guard units.
Units Stationed:
- Texas National Guard Officer Candidate School
- Texas National Guard
- Texas Air National Guard
- U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Units
Official Site: N/A
Camp Swift
Location: Bastrop County, Texas
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In Use: 1942- Present
Overall Mission: Camp Swift is another base with a rich history that now serves as a training facility, mainly for Texas National Guard units and Texas Civil Air Patrol.
Units Stationed:
- Texas Army National Guard
- State Guard
- Law Enforcement, High School ROTC, and Civil Air Patrol
Official Site: N/A
Camp Bullis
Location: Bexar County, Texas
In Use: 1917- Present
Overall Mission: Camp Bullis works to provide training and operations support to Joint Base San Antonio (shown above).
Units Stationed:
- US Army Medical Training
- Army, Reserve, National Guard, and Air Force training
Official Site: https://www.jbsa.mil/campbullis/
Camp Stanley
Location: Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas
In Use: 1917- Present
Overall Mission: Camp Stanley is an Army facility that serves as an ammunition depot for Joint Base San Antonio. Its primary mission is to receive, store, and issue ordnance materials as well as perform testing on weapons and ammunition. It also serves as a weapons training site for qualification.
Units Stationed:
- Army Supply
- Army Weapons Qualifying Site
Official Site: www.stanley.army.mil
Corpus Christi Army Depot
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
In Use: 1941 – Present
Overall Mission: Corpus Christi Army Depot focuses on aviation repair and remanufacturing. It is a tenant of the Naval Air Station and became the U.S. Army Transportation Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center in 1961.
Army rotary aircraft served inlcude the UH-60 Black Hawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk, AH-64 Apache, and CH-47 Chinnok
Units Stationed:
- CCAD Corpus Christi Army Depot
Official Site: www.ccad.army.mil
Army Futures Command HQ
Location: Austin, Texas
In Use: 2018 – Present
Overall Mission: Army Futures Command is a rare HQ unit based in an urban center, rather than a military base. Established in 2018, its primary mission is to modernize the U.S. Army, working with technology developers in the areas of software systems, precision firing systems, and armored vehicles.
Units Stationed:
- AFC
Official Site: www.army.mil/futures
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