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A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, lands at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, March 2,

Oklahoma

Altus AFB

Gate hours, the Red River Inn and FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Altus neighborhoods, and where to unwind at Quartz Mountain.

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Tullahoma, Tennessee — local community near the installation

Tennessee

Arnold AFB

Aerospace testing, lakeside lodging and life around Tullahoma, Manchester and Winchester in middle Tennessee.

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A 2nd Bomb Wing B-52H Stratofortress head-on on the ramp

Louisiana

Barksdale Air Force Base

B-52 country: which gate is actually open, where the Inn is, Bossier vs. Shreveport, and what to do when the heat index hits three digits.

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A U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., departs the runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 3, 2017 during Exercise Northern Edge

California

Beale AFB

Gate hours that keep changing, the Gold Country Inn, the standard-rate per diem trap, Wheatland versus Plumas Lake, and where to escape the valley heat.

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Radomes providing strategic and theater missile warning for the United States and its international allies, sit at Buckley Space Force Base, CO

Colorado

Buckley SFB

Gates, the Rocky Mountain Lodge, Denver/Aurora per diem, 2026 BAH, Aurora and Cherry Creek schools, and where to ski on a Saturday.

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Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib form a blockade during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain training exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 31, 2022

North Carolina

Camp Lejeune

Gate hours, the Lejeune Inn, FY2026 per diem, NC178 BAH, and where to live between Sneads Ferry and Swansboro.

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A U.S. Marine Corps AAV-7A1 assault amphibious vehicle performs an amphibious landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb

California

Camp Pendleton

Gate hours and the DBIDS visitor line, Inns of the Corps and the $199 per diem, Liberty housing waits, and the best neighborhoods from Oceanside to Fallbrook.

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The AC-130J Ghostrider pops flares during an exercise where their GPS is jammed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico on March 5, 2024. Emera

New Mexico

Cannon AFB

Gates, the Caprock Inn, the $110 Clovis per diem, NM207 BAH, Clovis vs. Portales neighborhoods, and where to go on a Saturday.

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Two 14th Flying Training Wing, 14th Operations Group pilots taxi the 50th Flying Training Squadron heritage colored T-38C Talon towards the outer runway on Columbus Air Force Base

Mississippi

Columbus AFB

Gate hours, the Magnolia Inn, where UPT students actually live, FY2026 per diem, and what to do on a Saturday in the Golden Triangle.

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A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, takes off from the flightline at Creech Air Force Base

Nevada

Creech AFB

The US-95 commute, the no-lodging reality and the Nellis Inn workaround, Las Vegas per diem and BAH, and where the burros are.

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A newly modified A-10C Thunderbolt II taxis in during the roll-out ceremony Nov. 29 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The A-10 has been

Arizona

Davis-Monthan AFB

Gates and the Craycroft visitor center, the Heritage Inn and Tucson per diem, 2026 BAH, Vail schools, and where to eat a Sonoran dog.

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A C-5M Super Galaxy flies over the 2019 Thunder Over Dover Air Show, Sept

Delaware

Dover AFB

Gates, the Eagle's Rest Inn, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Caesar Rodney schools, and where the 436th's families actually live in Kent County.

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A B-1B Lancer at the Dyess AFB Air Show in May 2018

Texas

Dyess AFB

Gate hours, the Dyess Inn, the temporary 2026 BAH bump, Wylie ISD, and where to eat a Perini Ranch steak after work.

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An F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, takes off Oct

California

Edwards AFB

Gates and the visitor center, High Desert Inn and per diem, BAH and where families live, the Flight Test Museum and desert weekends.

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U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing fly in formation near Eglin Air Force Ba

Florida

Eglin AFB

Gates and the visitor center, Eglin Inns and the seasonal per diem, where families live from Niceville to Crestview, and beach life after duty hours.

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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing flies over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec

Alaska

Eielson AFB

Gate and visitor-center realities, Goldrush Inn and per diem numbers, where families actually live, and how to survive -40°F.

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A 28th Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer prepares to take flight for a Bomber Task Force mission at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., April 12, 2023. The

South Dakota

Ellsworth Air Force Base

Gate hours, the summer per diem jump, Douglas vs. Rapid City schools, BAH for SD264, and where a bomber base spends its weekends.

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Senior Airman Tiffany Miller, 90th Munitions Squadron re-entry system/re-entry vehicle team member, inspects a Minuteman III re-entry vehicle at F.E

Wyoming

F. E. Warren AFB

Gate 5 hours, Crow Creek Inn, the $110 Cheyenne per diem, Sentinel construction, Frontier Days, and where families actually live.

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A KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress Oct

Washington

Fairchild AFB

Gates, the Fairchild Inn and SERE Inn, Spokane per diem and BAH, West Plains neighborhoods, and what winter on the plateau really means.

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Lorton, Virginia — local community near the installation

Virginia

Fort Belvoir

A sprawling Army sustaining base along the Potomac in Fairfax County, Virginia, hosting dozens of Defense agencies just south of Washington, D.C.

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Columbus, Georgia — local community near the installation

Georgia

Fort Benning

Home of the Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning trains Infantry, Armor and Ranger soldiers along the Chattahoochee River between Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama.

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El Paso, Texas — local community near the installation

Texas

Fort Bliss

A sprawling Army air-defense and armor post on the Texas–New Mexico border, anchored by El Paso's high desert and the Franklin Mountains.

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An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper stands with his weapon in hand after parachuting onto Adazi Base, Latvia during Swift Response 18, June 9, 2018

North Carolina

Fort Bragg

Gate hours, IHG Army Hotels, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Fayetteville and Southern Pines neighborhoods, DoDEA schools and where to eat off duty.

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Soldiers with the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Airmen assigned to the 68th Airlift Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing pre

Kentucky

Fort Campbell

Gate 4 versus Gate 7, the Turner Guesthouse, Clarksville versus Oak Grove rentals, KY106 BAH and where to spend a Sunday off.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado — local community near the installation

Colorado

Fort Carson

Home to the 4th Infantry Division at the base of Cheyenne Mountain, Fort Carson anchors the Army's presence in Colorado Springs.

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Watertown, New York — local community near the installation

New York

Fort Drum

Home of the 10th Mountain Division in New York's North Country, where cold winters and a storied training ground shape daily life.

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marlene Thompson, CIV Re

Georgia

Fort Gordon

Gate hours, IHG Army Hotels, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Grovetown versus Evans, Masters week, and where to cool off on Clarks Hill Lake.

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Pvt. Marcus Cornell from Miamisburg, Ohio, and Spc

Texas

Fort Hood

Gate hours and the Main Gate visitor center, the on-post IHG Army Hotels, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, and Harker Heights versus Copperas Cove.

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Rodent Damage

Arizona

Fort Huachuca

Gate hours, IHG Army Hotels and the Candlewood Suites, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Sierra Vista neighborhoods, monsoon season, and Tombstone, Bisbee, and Kartchner Caverns.

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Barstow, California — local community near the installation

California

Fort Irwin

Deep in the Mojave Desert, Fort Irwin's National Training Center puts Army units through realistic combat rotations far from any big city.

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Columbia, South Carolina — local community near the installation

South Carolina

Fort Jackson

The Army's largest Initial Entry Training center, set on 53,000 acres just outside Columbia, South Carolina.

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Elizabethtown, Kentucky — local community near the installation

Kentucky

Fort Knox

Home to Army Human Resources Command and Cadet Command, Fort Knox sits between Louisville and Elizabethtown in central Kentucky.

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Statue of man in army uniform holding his hands around his body, appearing to shiver

Kansas

Fort Leavenworth

Grant Gate and the Visitor Control Center, IHG Army Hotels and the per diem math, Leavenworth versus Lansing versus the KC northland, and the Buffalo Soldier Monument.

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Petersburg, Virginia — local community near the installation

Virginia

Fort Lee

A logistics training hub in Virginia's Tri-Cities region, where the Army's sustainment schools have shaped Petersburg, Hopewell and Colonial Heights for generations.

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A paratrooper from the 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides security during an airfield seizure during Operation Steel Box 2

Missouri

Fort Leonard Wood

Gate hours and the Visitor Center, IHG Army Hotels and the per diem math, St. Robert versus Waynesville, and where to float the Big Piney.

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Enigma machine on display at Fort Meade, Maryland on February 27, 2014

Maryland

Fort Meade

Gate hours, the Candlewood Suites on post, FY2026 per diem, 2026 BAH, Odenton versus Columbia, the MARC train, and where to unwind on the Chesapeake.

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