10 Facts About Fort Ord

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Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay of the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure action.

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Fort Ord was considered one of the most attractive locations of any U S Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather.

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When Fort Ord was converted to civilian use, space was set aside for the first nature reserve in the United States created for conservation of an insect, the endangered Smith's blue butterfly.

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4.

Additional endangered species are found on Fort Ord, including Contra Costa goldfields and the threatened California tiger salamander.

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5.

In 1947, Fort Ord became the home of the 4th Replacement Training Center.

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Post continued as a center for instruction of basic and advanced infantrymen until 1976, when the training area was deactivated and Fort Ord again became the home of the 7th Infantry Division, following their return from South Korea after twenty-five years on the DMZ .

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7.

California State University, Monterey Bay opened on the Fort's former ground shortly after Fort Ord's closing in 1994 as part of 42nd President Bill Clinton's "peace dividends" program.

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Schoonover, Frederick and Frederick II are housing developments located in the former Fort Ord created for students and families who are associated with CSUMB, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District and local school districts.

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Small portion of the former Fort Ord still remains under U S Army control, originally called the Presidio of Monterey Annex.

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10.

The Fort Ord SVH was built for the Army Veterinary Corps as an equine veterinary hospital in 1941 to serve the 1400 horses of the 76th Field Artillery Regiment, cavalry, and quartermaster mule-train units.

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