Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell
Oak Grove, Kentucky /
Clarksville, Tennessee
Insignia of military units stationed at Fort Campbell
TypeArmy post
Site information
Controlled byU.S. Army
Site history
Built1941
In use1942–present
Garrison information
Current
commander
MG Brett Sylvia
Past
commanders
MG John F. Campbell, 101st ABN
Garrison101st Airborne Division
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
5th Special Forces Group
52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)
86th Combat Support Hospital
716th Military Police Battalion
19th Air Support Operations Squadron (USAF)
63rd Chemical Company
1000th MP Battalion (CID)
Sabalauski Air Assault School
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
NCO Academy

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the KentuckyTennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Campbell is home to the 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The fort is named in honor of Union Army Brigadier General William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee.[1]

  1. ^ A History of Fort Campbell, Kentucky Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, 14 August 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2007.