Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston
Part of Joint Base San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas in United States of America
Clocktower on the Quadrangle
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Coordinates	29°27′27″N 98°26′24″W / 29.45750°N 98.44000°W / 29.45750; -98.44000
Type	U.S. Army post
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Site history
Built	1876 (1876)
Fort Sam Houston
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Area	400 acres (160 ha)
NRHP reference No.	75001950
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	15 May 1975[1]
Designated NHLD	15 May 1975[2]

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.^[3] Known colloquially as "Fort Sam", it is named for the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.

The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for the Fourth United States Army, United States Army North, United States Army South, the Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) headquarters, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School, the Fifth Recruiting Brigade, Navy Regional Recruiting, the San Antonio Military Entrance and Processing Station, and the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC). On 1 October 2010, Fort Sam Houston joined Lackland Air Force Base and Randolph Air Force Base to create Joint Base San Antonio, under Air Force administration.