Talk:List of United States military bases

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Use of military facilities... What does that is meant to mean? I mean, the order from "higher exertion of power" to "lower exertion of power" (1000 to 100, light to dark, up to down) is betrayed by the darkest piece of the key which is set below the other two having an ambigious definition which seems imply it to be the one with greatest exertion of power (A military facility is always much more than mere troops) on one side but the contrary on the other (positioning and colour scheme, what, are those troopless facilities or what?)... I really find the maop confusing due to this key. So I guess someone betetr improve it... Undead Herle King (talk) 04:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] VARIOUS

Is it just me, or is the title of this page getting a little silly? May I recommend List of military outposts? --Brion 00:18 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)

It is getting out of control. -- Zoe

I agree. Brion's suggestion is a move in the direction of sanity. user:sjc

I don't see what sanity has to do with it. Vera Cruz

Should Coast Guard stations be listed here too? -- Mike Hardy

yes Vera Cruz

This page is a complete mish-mash. Area 51, the Maginot Line and West Point all on the same page makes no sense, especially when the rest of page is about military bases almost exclusively in the US not semi-mythical secret installations, defunct lines of fortifications in Europe or military training colleges. This list should be renames US Military bases and all the erroneous other stuff moved to other appropriate lists. Mintguy

Is Area 51 the official designation for this base or is it the popular name I always thought it was semi-mythical until I read Area 51? Mintguy

Surely there should be some distinction between bases on US territory and others. Diego Garcia is on British Territory. It should be listed under overseas bases or something. Mintguy

Last I checked most of these weren't in the US. Vera Cruz

This article is not useful and should be extensively rewritten or deleted. ---GABaker

I recommend the "By Name" and "By Type" sections be removed. Stick with the "By service" charts. They provide all the necessary information this article demands, IMHO. Kingturtle 21:54 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)

However, international bases must be added to the charts. Kingturtle 21:58 Apr 6, 2003 (UTC)
Wow, it's been nearly a year since my request. This article needs to better reflect the international bases. Kingturtle 18:14, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Chalmers Johnson in his book "Nemesis" (2007, pg.5) claims there are 737 U.S. bases in 130 countries. If true, this list falls far short. Goustien 03:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naming convention

There is a WP:RM request for Fort Benning, Georgia to be moved to Fort Benning. Please join in the discussion at Talk:Fort Benning, Georgia as the naming conventions seem unclear on this topic. Cheers, violet/riga (t) 18:34, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Instead of complaining about the organization of this category page, why not just reorganize it accordingly? There are already other Military Installation categories, and this is just one of them. Why not move items where they belong?

SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 20:22, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Addition

I don't want to screw anything up by messing with the code but if you could add MCAS Miramar to the California section of the Marine Box it would be appreciated.--Looper5920 23:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Someone should also add Fort Hunter Liggett to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.122.165.196 (talk) 19:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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in the by type category, can you add proving ground (army) to the list. aberdeen proving ground (MD), and Jefferson Proving Ground (IN). jefferson isnt as big as it used to be, but its still there. and at the bottom how about a table with links to all 50 states category- military installations in new jersey (example) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_in_Nevada —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.33.77 (talk) 15:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC) What happened to Schofield Barracks? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.249.77.1 (talk) 05:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I was just looking this over and if there are no major objections I'm going to add Aberdeen Proving Ground to the list. Jrssr5 19:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shemya (Eareckson) AFB, Alaska

You might add Eareckson Air Force Station (formerly Shemya Air Force Base) on Shemya island Alaska. Brian Jones206.74.51.149 (talk) 05:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)