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Military Bases in Alabama

Every major installation in the state, each with its own full PCS guide — the area, the communities military families choose, and the veteran-owned businesses around it.

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4 installations · Army · Air Force

U.S. Army

Anniston Army Depot

Anniston, AL

Anniston Army Depot overhauls and rebuilds the Army's combat vehicles, including the Abrams tank and Stryker family, and is one of the Army's largest heavy-vehicle maintenance facilities. It's a depot workforce installation, not a troop garrison.

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U.S. Army

Fort Rucker

formerly Fort Novosel
Enterprise, AL

Fort Rucker is home to the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and trains nearly all Army helicopter pilots and aircrew. It was renamed Fort Novosel in 2023, honoring CWO4 Michael Novosel, and redesignated back to Fort Rucker in 2025.

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U.S. Air Force

Maxwell Air Force Base

Montgomery, AL

Maxwell AFB is home to Air University, the Air Force's center for professional military education, running programs from Squadron Officer School through Air War College. It also hosts the 42nd Air Base Wing and the Air Force's Judge Advocate General School. The base sits on the site of the Wright Brothers' first civilian flying school.

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U.S. Army

Redstone Arsenal

Huntsville, AL

Redstone Arsenal is the Army's aviation and missile research, development, and acquisition hub, home to Army Materiel Command, the Space and Missile Defense Command, and a large co-located NASA Marshall Space Flight Center presence. It's a major engineering and program-management post rather than a deployable brigade garrison.

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