Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Pierce County
53-24915
Fort Lewis is a place and at the same base for the U.S. Army in Pierce County in the U.S. state of Washington. The base, with its 33,000 soldiers and civilian employees and over 29,000 family members, the largest and most important military garrison of the Army on the West Coast of the United States. The census-designated place Fort Lewis had at the time of the census in 2000, around 19,000 inhabitants. The place was named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis, who was instrumental in the framework of the Lewis and Clark Expedition proportion of the development of the area.
Fort Lewis is home to the U.S. I Corps (since 1981), the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division, the 1st Special Forces Group (Eng. " 1st Special Forces Brigade " ), of the 2nd Battalion (Eng. " 2nd Battalion ") of the 75th Ranger Regiment, as well as various support brigades ( sanitary, intelligence, artillery, military police, communication and pioneer brigades ). In addition, Fort Lewis is home to the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Army ( West) and the I. Corps NCO Academy (Eng. " NCO School of the First Corps ").
The actual base extends over an area of 350 km ² and has an ensuite practice area, the Yakima Training Center, with an area of over 1310 km ².
Fort Lewis is one of 15 so-called " projection platforms " (main bases ) of the strategic defense planning of the U.S. Army Forces Command ( FORSCOM ) ( dt " command of the Heeresstreiträfte " ) in CONUS.
2010 Fort Lewis was combined with the McChord Air Force Base to Joint Base Lewis - McChord.
Stationed units
- I. U.S. Corps 10 logistic command 593 Logistics Brigade
- 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team ( SBCT )
- 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team ( SBCT )
- 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team ( SBCT )