Fort Liberty

Fort Liberty
Cumberland / Hoke counties (main post), Harnett County (Linden Oaks) near Fayetteville, North Carolina
Barracks of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty
Type	Army base
Site information
Controlled by	United States
Site history
Built	1918
In use	1918–present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel K. "Chad" Mixon
Garrison	XVIII Airborne Corps For tenant units, see below
CDP in North Carolina, United States
CDP
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Coordinates: 35°8′21″N 78°59′57″W / 35.13917°N 78.99917°W / 35.13917; -78.99917
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Cumberland
Area
• Total	251.0 sq mi (650.2 km2)
• Land	249.7 sq mi (646.8 km2)
• Water	1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	39,457
• Density	158.02/sq mi (61.01/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	28307, 28310
Area codes	910, 472
FIPS code	37-24260[1]

Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel.^[2] The military reservation is located within Cumberland and Hoke counties,^[3] and borders the incorporated city and communities of Fayetteville, Spring Lake, and Southern Pines.

Fort Liberty covers over 251 square miles (650 km²). It is the home of the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and is the headquarters^[4] of the United States Army Special Operations Command, which oversees the U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) and 75th Ranger Regiment. It is also home to the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command, and Womack Army Medical Center. Fort Liberty maintains two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airfield, where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and special operations forces on post.