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Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action.
Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay in California. It was established in 1917 as a maneuver area and field artillery target range and was closed in September 1994. Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather.
Fort Ord Images. A joint project of the CSUMB Library and the Fort Ord Museum and Archive, these images focus on the role of Fort Ord as a training facility, beginning in World War I and continuing until the 1990s. Digitized images include photographs, postcards and documents of soldiers in training and the base environment.
28 kwi 2017 · Discover Fort Ord in Salinas, California: Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.
While a large portion of the land has been set aside for preservation as open space, additional Fort Ord land is now home to the California State University--Monterey Bay, Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course, Fort Ord Dunes State Park, and various commercial and residential developments.
27 kwi 2020 · Explosions, gunfire and the mayhem of army maneuvers no longer echo across the rugged back-country and ocean-front dunes of Fort Ord National Monument, set between Salinas and Monterey in the heart of Steinbeck Country.
25 gru 2021 · 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 (BRAC) action.
