Military base facts for kids
A military base is where a country keeps its armed forces. It could be an air base, an army base, or a navy base. It could be inside its home country, in a different, friendly country, or in a country being invaded or occupied.
Naming
The name used generally refers to the type of military that uses the base.
A military base may go different names, such as the following:
- Armory
- Arsenal
- Barracks
- Casern
- Combat outpost (COP)
- DoDAAC
- Facility
- Fire support base (FSB, FB)
- Forward Operating Base (FOB)
- Fortification
- Garrison
- Installation
- Joint base
- Magazine
- Main Operating Base (MOB)
- Marine Corps base
- Military airbase, airfield or field
- Military camp
- Naval air station
- Naval base
- Naval dockyard
- Outpost (OP)
- Presidio
- Proving ground
- Reservation
- Shipyard or yard
- Station
Images for kids
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Fort Jefferson in Florida in the United States is an example of a military base although no particular size or layout is typical. Fort Jefferson is no longer in use and is currently part of the Dry Tortugas National Park.
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A sign at the Raakunamäki Military Area in Lappeenranta, Finland
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Different kinds of Military installations of Iran – 2002
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Part of USAF Spangdahlem Air Base in 1990
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Civilian services offered to soldiers outside a military base
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Aerial View of Hanscom Airforce Base, Massachusetts, United States
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M777 Howitzer Test Firing by the United States Army
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The Red-cockaded Woodpecker, a species whose conservation was assisted by the United States Armed Forces’ network of military bases
See also
In Spanish: Base militar para niños
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