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Fort Bragg U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training center and the site of the Special Warfare School. Pope Air Force Base is located within the reservation.

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Fort Bragg a U.S. Army fort 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a major training site for airborne units. It covers about 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) and serves roughly 158,000 people, including about 40,000 assigned active-duty soldiers. Established in 1918, the fort was named for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate artillery officer from North Carolina.

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