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I put USASOC back in - don't have the original of what I put in but my intent was US Army Special Operations Command - which is at Fort Bragg. Many of the units listed on the page report to USASOC and USASOC reports to USSOCOM at MacDill. Also, the page I just edited referred to the 82d ABN as a special forces unit - it is not although it is airborne.

Removed the U.S. Special Operations Command reference. It's homepage at www.socom.mil lists it as headquartered at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida.

What place does " The racial makeup of the Special Forces is another interesting subject in that minorities are significantly underrepresented." have in this article? Sounds pretty racist to me. The "racial makeup" of Fort Bragg seems to roughly echo that of the United States, so where does the "underrepresented" come from? It seems like this should be stricken from the article as biased and false. Jgw 19:31, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

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Article importance was changed to Top as this is an important United States base that has a lot of general interest. Would have assessed it as a B Class article if the history was expended.--Oldwildbill 14:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fort Bragg disambiguation page

Currently Fort Bragg is a disambiguation page for this article and Fort Bragg, California. It seems to me that on the notability scale this Fort Bragg ranks far higher than a town with a population of 6,800 (and falling) in California. What is your opinion of turning Fort Bragg into a redirect to here and moving the content of that page to Fort Bragg (disambiguation)? I'm also leaving a note on the Fort Bragg, CA article telling any interested parties there to join the conversation here. --Bobblehead 16:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think popularity should have anything to do with it. Fort Bragg seems to describe 3 things: A fort in NC, and fort in CA and a City in CA. It should have a disambiguation page. If you could give some examples where popularity is used in this manner it might help your argument. Gam3

I'm not saying there wouldn't be a disambiguation page, because there would be one, but the most commonly known Fort Bragg is the one in NC, so Fort Bragg would redirect to this article and at a top of the article would be a link to the Fort Bragg, California (is there an article for the base?). As far as examples of this, Seattle. It redirects to the city of Seattle, Washington, but the top of the Seattle, WA article includes directions to Chief Seattle and Seattle (Perry Como album). --Bobblehead 00:02, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I would prefer Fort Bragg redirect to Fort Bragg (disambiguation). Once links to this page has been disambiguated, you can then use Special:Whatlinkshere/Fort Bragg for ongoing disambiguation maintenance. -- Robocoder (talk | contribs) 17:32, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The article states that the base covers "19.0 mi. sq.". That is 361 square miles. Later, it states that Ft. Bragg covers 148,609 acres. That is 232.2 square miles. Which is it? Bradleyturnerx 01:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 35th Signal Brigade

On the picture, a patch for the 35th Signal Brigade is displayed. The unit still exists, but it left Fort Bragg and lost its airborne designation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.167.254 (talk) 13:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed it. Parsecboy 13:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] JSOC

There should be at least some mention of JSOC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Isaac Crumm (talk • contribs) 07:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General Comments

5th Group was not replaced by 7th Group - they had both been at the installation for several years prior to 5th Group's departure to Fort Campbell, KY. I left the year of 5th Group's departure in although I can't verify it - I can tell you that 5th Group was there until a few years later, although they could have begun their move in 1986. 3rd Group was stood up about 1990, although it would be incorrect to say it replaced 5th Group since they are two different missions. The 82d barracks going through replacement were constructed in the 1950's, not during the Vietnam War. The barracks replacement began 1994 and will likely continue through 2011 or later.

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. Referencing and appropriate inline citation guidelines not met. --dashiellx (talk) 11:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)