Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell is a United States Army post on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is west of Clarksville and northwest of Nashville.

Fort Campbell
Ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky
US 101st Airborne Division patch.svg
US Army Special Forces Insignia incl SP tab.svg
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Shoulder sleeve insignia of units stationed at Fort Campbell
Type Army post
Built 1941
In use 1941–Present
Controlled by U.S. Army
Garrison 101st Airborne Division
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
5th Special Forces Group

The fort is named after William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee.[1]

Fort Campbell Media

References

  1. A History of Fort Campbell, Kentucky Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, 14 August 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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Coordinates: 36°39′N 87°28′W / 36.650°N 87.467°W / 36.650; -87.467