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	Fort Dix, New Jersey -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fort Dix is a (Click link for more info and facts about census-designated place) census-designated place located in (Click link for more info and facts about Burlington County, New Jersey) Burlington County, New Jersey.
		Fort Dix is located at 40°0'46" North, 74°37'30" West (40.012869, -74.625104).
		Out of the total population, 3.2% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/fort_dix,_new_jersey.htm (468 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Fort Dix (Landfill Site), Wrightstown, Burlington County, New Jersey
		The climate in the Fort Dix region is characterized by moderate temperatures, precipitation, and wind, with an average annual temperature of 54 degrees Fahrenheit.
		The Fort Dix installation is drained by several perennial and intermittent tributaries of Crosswick Creek and the North Branch of Rancocas Creek.
		The communities surrounding Fort Dix include the townships of New Hanover (population 9,546), Pemberton (population 31,342), Plumstead (population 5,138), and Manchester (population 35,976) and the boroughs of Wrightstown (population 3,843), New Egypt (population 2,327), Pemberton (population 1,367), Brown Mills (population 11,429), and Mount Holly (population 10,639) (census data cited in ICF Kaiser, 1997).
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/fortdix/for_p1.html (1874 words)

	APP.COM - Fort Dix's new purpose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Military and government officials say Fort Dix is important not just to the military but to the business economy of the region and to the lives of tens of thousands of military veterans who buy discounted groceries there and receive medical services and prescriptions.
		Although Fort Dix is poised to continue mobilizing troops abroad and is preparing to undertake a major project to create more housing for military families, its future lies in the hands of the Pentagon, Congress and the president as a new round of Base Realignment and Closure recommendations will begin next year.
		Fort Dix is also the home of the New Jersey National Guard Training Center and dozens of tenant organizations like the Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team, the Department of Defense and the FBI.
	www.injersey.com /app/story/0,21625,882856,00.html (2295 words)

	Fort Dix. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1939 it was made a permanent garrison and renamed Fort Dix.
		During World War II, Fort Dix was the largest army training center in the country.
		McGuire Air Force Base, adjacent to the fort, is a terminal for domestic and European military flights.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fo/FortDix.html (155 words)

	Michael Santos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		FCI Fort Dix is a large prison, confining over 4,000 prisoners in total, but the institution is divided into two separate compounds, an East and West side, with each side holding approximately 2,000 prisoners.
		The pass authorizes the prisoner to walk around the Fort Dix compound, to participate in education or recreation activities, or to sit at one of the tables outside.
		Fort Dix employs chaplains from several faiths, and it brings in others on a contract basis to tend to the spiritual and religious needs of the prisoners.
	www.michaelsantos.net /fortdix.html (8914 words)

	Greer v Spock
		The Fort Dix Military Reservation is a United States Army post located in a predominantly rural area of central New Jersey.
		The respondents do not contend, that the Fort Dix authorities had abandoned any claim of special interest in regulating the distribution of unauthorized leaflets or the delivery of campaign speeches for political candidates within the confines of the military reservation.
		It is undisputed that, until the appearance of the respondent Spock at Fort Dix on November 4, 1972, as a result of a court order, no candidate of any political stripe had ever been permitted to campaign there.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/greer.html (2140 words)

	Fort Dix History
		Fort Dix is named for Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
		Fort Dix served as a reception and training center for men inducted under the draft of 1939.
		In December 1995, Fort Dix began mobilizing and deploying troops for the Bosnia Peace Missions.
	www.dix.army.mil /history/history.htm (542 words)

	CNN - Fort Dix closes refugee village as Kosovars resettle - July 9, 1999
		FORT DIX, New Jersey (CNN) -- Operation Provide Refuge officially came to an end Friday with a ceremony at the New Jersey military base that served as a gateway to the United States for ethnic Albanians who were forced to flee Kosovo.
		Fort Dix created a "refugee village" that became a temporary home for 4,025 Kosovars: An older man died there, a couple got married, friendships were formed and seven babies were born -- including one boy who was named Amerikan.
		The majority of Kosovars brought through Fort Dix were considered the most "at risk." Many had serious health problems, lacked family in the United States or identifying papers.
	www.cnn.com /US/9907/09/ft.dix.farewell (600 words)

	Fort Dix
		Fort Dix was an early casualty of the first BRAC in 1988, losing the basic-training mission that had introduced generations of soldiers to military life since 1917.
		The relocation of the HQ 78th Division to Fort Dix and establishment of one of the new Army Reserve Sustainment Units of Action would establish a new capability for the Army Reserve while increasing the support capabilities of the Army Reserve to the Active Army.
		To further support restructuring; the realignment of Fort Totten and the disestablishment of the HQ 77th RRC would enable the establishment of a Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at Fort Dix that would result in in a new operational capability for the Army Reserve.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-dix.htm (2088 words)

	Jim Saxton, New Jersey, 3rd District - Press Release - House Armed Services OK's Key Fort Dix, McGuire Projects; Fort ...
		The Fort Dix Airfield concept stems from a 1998 active Army study conducted at Fort Dix that called for a new taxiway capable of handling the chartered 747s frequently used by the Reserves and the new Boeing C- 17 Globemaster, the newest airlifter in the Air Force, due to arrive in New Jersey in 2004.
		Both McGuire and Fort Dix were slated for closure under previous rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) hearings.
		Fort Dix was slated for shutdown in 1989, and McGuire in 1993.
	www.house.gov /saxton/press2002/pr020502HASCmark.html (535 words)

	Real Estate Fort Dix : MLS RealEstate NJ
		Fort Dix is one of the best military facilities on the east coast.
		Fort Dix consists of 31,065 acres of land, of which 13,765 acres are range and impact areas and 14,000 are cIassified as contiguous maneuver area.
		Fort Dix training areas are bordered by the Lebanon State Forest (26,000 acres), Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Center (2,100 acres) and selected Wildlife Management Areas (34,900 acres) which enable this installation to simultaneously support combat, combat support, and combat service support training.
	www.everythingre.com /listings/New_Jersey/Fort_Dix (211 words)

	Jim Saxton (NJ03) - Press Release - 1st Brigade Coming to Fort Dix in January; Pentagon moves 1-star command HQ to Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While the new command will be a tenant activity on the post, Saxton said the decision underscores the DoD’s commitment to Fort Dix and its critical mission of Army Reserve component training and mobilization.
		Fort Dix has mobilized the most Reserves of any Army post in the country since 9/11, over 20,000.
		According to Fort Dix., the last Army generals to be headquartered at Fort Dix were Maj. John G. Herrling and Maj. Gen.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/nj03_saxton/pr031201oneStarFtDix.html (435 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Fort Dix (Landfill Site), Wrightstown, Burlington County, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Comment: A concern raised at the July 29, 1999, Fort Dix public meeting was that the monitoring data that ATSDR used to evaluate past air emissions at the Fort Dix incinerator only represented two points in time, December 1997 and March 1998.
		As discussed during the meeting on July 29, 1999, at Fort Dix, potential risk to human receptors, if any, should be evaluated via a pathway of emissions from the former incinerator to the ambient air to soil.
		Due to past military operations conducted at Fort Dix, ATSDR continues to recommend that the Army ensure that unexploded ordnance is identified and retrieved or that areas where removal is prohibited are made inaccessible.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080 /HAC/PHA/fortdix/for_p4.html (2081 words)

	Fort Dix Fire and Emergency Services @ Firehouse.com Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fort Dix Fire and Emergency Services protects 20,000 people living in an area of 55 square miles operating out of two stations that protect a military installation.
		Fort Dix has 55 firing ranges and various special training facilities which can accommodate weapons training ranging from pistols and rifles (all models and ammunition), mortar and artillery firing points (81mm to 8-inch Howitzers) to live fire and assault training using Full and Sub-caliber Tank and TOW missiles.
		The Fort Dix Fire and Emergency Services is dedicated to preventing of loss of life and property through aggressive fire prevention and suppression activities.
	departments.firehouse.com /dept/FortDixNJ (320 words)

	Fort Dix Poised To Dodge Cutbacks
		Fort Dix will battle for its existence this week as defense officials begin considering base realignment and closure as a way of transforming the military for the nation's future security needs.
		Fort Dix was one of the casualties in the first base changes in 1988, losing the basic-training mission that had introduced tens of thousands of soldiers to the military since 1917.
		But the fort's supporters in the military and Congress helped attract the Reserve and Guard, which have used the base to train as many as 15,000 troops on many weekends.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_cutbacks_012804,00.html (889 words)

	Fort Dix MWR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fort Dix is located in a semi rural in Burlington County, and it is about 25 minutes from Trenton, 50 minutes from Philadelphia, and approximately one hour and forty five minutes from New York City.
		The majority of employment opportunities available near Fort Dix can be found in the Burlington County area, which is the largest county in New Jersey.
		The prospect for finding a job in the communities surrounding Fort Dix are good for secretarial skills, especially those with accurate typing, word processing and data entry/computer skills.
	www.dixmwr.com /ACS/EmploymentReadiness.htm (440 words)

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	www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/NewJerseyFlorists/Fort-Dix.php (980 words)

	National Institute for Discovery Science: Fort Dix/McGuire AFB Investigation: Introduction
		NIDS was contacted in July 2000 by a number of individuals and urged to conduct an investigation into the alleged fatal shooting of a non-human entity at Fort Dix/McGuire AFB on January 18, 1978.
		He informed me that a Ft. Dix MP was pursueing (sic) a low flying object which then hovered over his car.
		The Fort Dix/McGuire case was also of interest because a prominent UFO investigator, George Filer, claimed to have been present at McGuire AFB on the morning of January 18, 1978.
	www.nidsci.org /news/mcguire_introduction.php (922 words)

	Articles - Fort Dix, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Camp Dix, as it was known at the time, was a training and staging ground for units during World War I.
		Today, Fort Dix is a major training and mobilization center for the Reserve Component soldiers and the Army National Guard soldiers being deployed to Iraq.
		In 2005, the United States Department of Defense announced that Fort Dix would be affected by a Base Realignment and Closure.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Fort_Dix?mySession=f4c50d72c0374fb1b900955ddb4c20f1 (751 words)

	DiverseCity - Kosovar Refugees at Fort Dix NJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first group of Kosovar refugees arrived at McGuire Air Force Base and proceeded to Fort Dix, New Jersey on May 5, 1999, as part of the international effort to provide relief and assistance directly related to the Serb expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo.
		The facilities at Fort Dix, where the refugees are cared for, are capable of providing support to approximately 3,000 refugees at a time.
		The Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating the efforts of both governmental and non-governmental departments and agencies at Fort Dix to establish a welcome center to temporarily house the refugees until they are placed with sponsoring families throughout the United States.
	www.diversecity.org /paper/article.php?id=108 (321 words)

	Cleanup - Active Installation Cleanup - Fort Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Remedial investigation (RI) of the Fort Dix sanitary landfill began in 1979, leading to the installation of groundwater monitoring wells around the perimeter.
		In FY00, Fort Dix petitioned EPA to remove the sanitary landfill from the NPL.
		Fort Dix continued to pursue deletion of the sanitary landfill from the NPL.
	aec.army.mil /usaec/cleanup/aic-nj-02.html (791 words)

	World: Refugees to arrive at Fort Dix
		FORT DIX, N.J. (AP) - The first wave of Kosovo refugees to be housed temporarily in the United States are expected to arrive Friday and will stay at Fort Dix, the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill reported today.
		Police departments in towns surrounding Fort Dix were briefed by military officials Friday and told to expect the first group of refugees in a week, the newspaper said.
		Formerly an Army basic training center, Fort Dix, located about 15 miles southeast of Trenton, now conducts reserve training and processing of troops for overseas deployment.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/4_24_w2.htm (273 words)

	Navy Lakehurst / Fort Dix / McGuire AFB Complex - Jointness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It abuts Fort Dix to the west, forming a 42,000 acre Fort Dix/McGuire Air Force Base/ Lakehurst complex.
		As part of their training, they transit via Navy Lakehurst to the live-fire and maneuver ranges at Fort Dix.
		In February 2004, installation commanders from Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, the Army's Fort Dix, and McGuire Air Force Base formed a partnership to generate joint solutions for common problems between the three contiguous bases and their tenant commands.
	www.lakehurst.navy.mil /nlweb/lakehurst-dix-mcguire.asp (496 words)

	1945: The Fort Dix POW riot
		Homemade clubs clenched in their hands, tears of anger in their eyes, 154 Soviet-born prisoners of war rushed their captors at Fort Dix the morning of June 29, 1945 on a mission of mass suicide.
		At Dix, they were stationed in their own barracks off Range Road, separately from 4,000 German POWs.
		Their identities and stories were never made public at the time, and interviews conducted with the prisoners at Dix were kept secret for 54 years.
	www.capitalcentury.com /1945.html (1574 words)

	KNICKS: Knicks to Visit Fort Dix on Tuesday
		In a show of support for our nation’s soldiers, the New York Knicks will be making a visit to the Fort Dix military base in Fort Dix, New Jersey on Tuesday, April 22 from 1-4p.m.
		Fort Dix is a major training and mobilization center for the Reserve Component soldiers - the Army Reserve and National Guard.
		More than 25,000 soldiers have swept through Fort Dix with new units arriving weekly for mobilization since September 11,2001.
	www.bobcatshoops.com /knicks/community/Knicks_to_Visit_Fort_Dix_on_Tu-73249-65.html (200 words)

	111th Observation Squadron : Fort Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The fear that this latest overseas alert would prove to be a false alarm was soon dispelled when we boarded a troop train on the morning of September 22, 1942.
		Upon arrival at Fort Dix, New Jersey, we were assigned to side-boarded tents and were ordered to remain within the camp area at all times.
		The train ride from Fort Dix to New York City was uneventful and most fellows did a good job of catching up on much-needed sleep.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/ang111p2.htm (542 words)

	Additional Deer Permits Available for Zones 37 and 52 (Fort Dix) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Recent revisions in security procedures at Fort Dix has resulted in more land being opened to hunters in Zone 37.
		Additionally, Fort Dix has advised the Division that Zone 52 permits are still available for all seasons.
		As of October 16, 2002, bow and shotgun permits Zone 37 and 52 are available for purchase at Fort Dix only.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/fgw/ftdixprm.htm (196 words)

	NJDEP News Release 99/133 - Fort Dix First US Military Base to Undergo Innovative Cleanup of Firing Range
		FORT DIX, NJ — Fort Dix is in the final stages of a first-of-a-kind clean-up program that will be highlighted with other leading-edge environmental technologies at the International Environmental Technology EXPO 2000 in Atlantic City, NJ June 5 — 7.
		RangeSafe, the US Army’s innovative project at the Ft. Dix firing range, involves a soil washing technique to remove lead deposited by spent ammunition, recycling the recovered lead, and cleaning the remaining soil with plants in a process called phytoremediation.
		The Fort Dix demonstration project will serve as a model cleanup program for public and private firing ranges throughout the United States and, potentially, worldwide.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/newsrel/releases/99_0133.htm (479 words)

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