military bases
Soldiers' home turf
Military bases are installations where armed forces are stationed, trained, and equipped.
A base provides infrastructure for military operations—housing, airfields, ports, weapons storage, command facilities.
Countries maintain bases domestically and abroad: The U.S. operates military bases in over seventy countries.
Base closures often devastate local economies that depend on military personnel and spending.
- hangarsEnclosed aircraft storage buildings
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- airbaseMilitary aviation facility
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- colonial fortsMilitary posts of empires
commissary · staging area · cantonment · alliances · motor pool · armory · treaties · garrison · command center · perimeter fence · ammunition depot · supply depot · parade ground · boot camp · control tower · training camp · missile silo · watchtower
- Military Sitesforts, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases, bunkers
- Federal Assetsfederal agencies, federal buildings, federal land, federal lands, federal courts
- federal facilitiesfederal buildings, federal courthouses, federal prisons, post offices, VA hospitals
- military policydefense strategy, defense budget, troop deployment, national security, strategic planning
- South American militariesarmy organization, reserve forces, tactical units
- Strategic PlacesSuez Canal, Panama Canal, Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Bosphorus
military basescommercial districts
Areas for shops, offices
residential neighborhoods · shopping centers · university campuses · business parks · public parks
military basesdemilitarized zones
Areas banning armed forces
neutral territory · buffer zones · nuclear-free zones · sanctuary cities · international waters
military basesmeditation retreats
Organized stays for mental stillness