Welcome to Fort Bragg
Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces
BACKGROUND
Fort Bragg is Home of the Airborne and Special Operations and is often called “the center of the military universe”.
When America needs her armed forces, the first phone call is to Fort Bragg. Home of XVII Airborne Corps, “America’s Contingency Corps”; the 82ndAirborne Division, which provides the Global Response Force; and Special Operations command. Originally known as Camp Bragg, Fort Bragg was founded in 1918 as an artillery training post.
POPULATION
The largest U.S. military installation in terms of population, Fort Bragg has approximately 53,700 troops and another 14,000 civilians work on the post.
Fort Bragg has almost 10% of all army forces assigned to the installation. Virtually a city in itself, the post supports a population of roughly 260,000, including military Families, contractors, retirees and others.
SIZE
Fort Bragg covers approximately 500 sq. miles, which is nearly 163,000 acres. 146,000 of those acres are dedicated training lands. Fort Bragg contains than 1,400 miles of paved road, 21 miles of railroad.
Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and closed on federal holidays. Visitor Passes will be issued to all non-DoD persons with a valid reason for entering the installation. A visitor pass can be issued for up to 90 days for all non-DoD personnel. A security-vetting process will be completed on each non-DoD individual prior to receiving a visitor pass. This includes all non-DoD passengers riding in a non-DoD person’s vehicle. The All- American VCC can be reached via email at usarmy.bragg.imcom-atlantic.mbx.allamerican-vcc@mail.mil.
Truck Plaza Visitor Control Center | (910) 907-5168/5169
For truck deliveries, use the Knox Street Access Control Point. The hours of operation are 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Truck Plaza VCC can be reached via email at usarmy.bragg.imcom-atlantic.mbx.truckplaza-vcc@mail.mil.
Fort Bragg upgraded to the Army’s Automated Installation Entry II+ (AIE II+) at reinstalled AIE capable installation Access Control Points (ACP) to enhance security and expedite access to base. AIE II+ leverages technology that will increase security for Soldiers, Family members, DoD civilians, retirees, contract employees, and guests by verifying identity of the individual(s) and ensuring they meet Army approved access standards against FBI criminal and terrorist authoritative databases.
What do you need to know about AIE II+?
The AIE II+ fielding upgrade will verify and display to the guard the driver’s access status. If all checks are successfully passed during the ID card scan the lane traffic light will turn “Green” and the gate arm will lift to allow access through the ACP. Card holders will drive up to an AIE II+ pedestal and scan their ID card at a scanner. Once their card is read, the individual’s credentials will be validated against federal and post records. Guards will be monitoring the information retrieved from the ID cards and once it is verified, entrance will be granted.