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I visited a military base for the first time today. I'm not sure why, but for some reason I assumed a base was a lot smaller than it really is.

Posted by kelly Sep 6 '14, 21:43

I wasn't expecting it to be the size of a small village!

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detrick? -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:22 2
- Andrews. -- nm - kelly Sep 7, 03:54 1
  - To clarify - I'm talking about the living area, not the working area. - kelly Sep 7, 04:45
over the last 20 years they have closed/consolidated all the little depots and bases. - zeitgeist Sep 6, 22:31 1
- I worked for BRAC and it's all BS. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:22
Don't know about the rest of the country but some of the bases out here are huge. - Meg Sep 6, 22:11 21
- I have never heard of a small military base. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 22:13 20
  - I live near Los Angeles AFB, I think the Raytheon campus across the street is bigger -- nm - con_carne Sep 7, 09:42
  - There's a small one in Brooklyn, Ft. Hamilton Army Base. -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 05:21
  - Let me introduce you to Fort McNair in DC. I worked there for a year. It's where presidents go to jog or play basketball.alt LZ for Marine 1 - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:24 1
    - Here's Fort McNair. It's tiny. Presidents go there all the time. -- (link) - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:27
  - I live near a kind-of small one, but it's a naval shipyard mostly. And on the other side of the harbour, there's a bigger one. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:15 15
    - Hell, I live in Indiana and we have a naval base here that is 100 square miles. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 22:24 10
      - Fort McNair is 28 acres. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:28
      - Weapons Station? Like China Lake. -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 22:32 4
        
        Crane. They are... kind of a big deal. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 6, 22:36
        
        The 19,600 square miles (51,000 km2) of restricted and controlled airspace at China Lake makes up 12 percent of California’s total airspace. -- (link) - Meg Sep 6, 22:35 2
        
        how much air space does area 51 take? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 23:33 1
        
        Difficult to say. Since it's a piece broken off from the Nevada Test Site and wedged into Nellis Air Force Range, I'd say "most of Nevada". -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 23:49
      - but that just makes sense - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:25 3
        
        We are... rather far from water. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 22:30 2
        
        Yes, I understand that. This way, the base is safe from a naval attack. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:30 1
        
        .. or in case the water decides to attack. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:31
    - Yep, it all depends on the branch of service and type of base. In contrast to the desert bases I live just down the - Meg Sep 6, 22:22 2
      - And I'm sure the base on Alameda is kinda small -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:22 1
        
        Fort McNair in DC is 28 acres. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:29
    - ... which all gets counted together as 41 square kilometers. LOL. So much for being small. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:20 [Image]
it varies on the country and their base, but the hardcore professional bases have been full communities since ancient Roman times - Peglegpete Sep 6, 21:57

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