13 Facts About Fort Dix

Fort Dix, the common name for the Army Support Activity located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Army post.

Fort Dix is under the jurisdiction of the Air Force Air Mobility Command.

Fort Dix was established on 16 July 1917, as Camp Dix, named in honor of Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, and a former United States Senator, Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of New York.

In 1991, Fort Dix trained Kuwaiti civilians in basic military skills so they could take part in their country's liberation.

Fort Dix ended its active Army training mission in 1991 due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, which ended its command by a two-star general.

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Between the World Wars, Camp Fort Dix was a reception, training and discharge center for the Civilian Conservation Corps.

On 15 July 1947, Fort Dix became a basic training center and the home of the 9th Infantry Division.

Since Vietnam, Fort Dix has sent soldiers to Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Fort Dix is home to Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, the largest single federal prison.

Fort Dix was an early casualty of the first Base Realignment and Closure process in the early 1990s, after having lost its traditional basic-training mission.

Fort Dix has completed its realignment from an individual training center to a FORSCOM Power Projection Platform for the Northeastern United States under the command and control of the Army's Installation Management Command.

In 2005, the United States Department of Defense announced that Fort Dix would be affected by a Base Realignment and Closure.

Fort Dix is the home base setting in Cinemaware's 1988 C64 and Nintendo video game Rocket Ranger; the game is based on an alternate World War II scenario, wherein the Nazis discover lunarium, which could allow them to win the war unless a young American scientist stops them.