Military installations

But, illegals can be there? Can you say security breaches? Special access for subscribers! Click here to sign up for our fact-check text chat. It's true that some military bases are being used as housing for undocumented migrants. But this has been happening for decades, mainly during times when detention centers or other designated shelters have been at capacity — as was the case in These facilities are only used as temporary housing to avoid overcrowding; they aren't converted into full-time immigration detention or housing centers.

With the increase in immigrants coming to the United States, many detention centers reached full capacity. So, some military bases were established as emergency overflow facilities. List of Partners vendors. By Stewart Smith. Learn about our editorial policies. Alaska Military Bases. Alabama Military Bases. California Military Bases. Florida Military Bases.

Georgia Military Bases. Kentucky Military Bases. Michigan Military Bases. Missouri Military Bases. New York Military Bases. Ohio Military Bases. Pennsylvania Military Bases. Texas Military Bases. Tennessee Military Bases. Virginia Military Bases. Your Privacy Rights. It launched a dozen in July alone, recently killing 18 civilians in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

In this period, Washington has also been seeking as yet without success to establish new bases in countries that neighbor Afghanistan for continued surveillance, reconnaissance, and potentially air strikes, including possibly leasing Russian military bases in Tajikistan. There are U. There are, at best, minimal barriers in this country to building military bases overseas. Camp Blaz , the first Marine Corps base to be built on the Pacific Island of Guam since , has been under construction since without the slightest pushback or debate over whether it was needed or not from policymakers and officials in Washington or among the American public.

Little of any of this is even known in this country, which is why a public list of the full extent of such bases, old and new, around the world is of importance, however difficult it may be to produce based on the patchy Pentagon record available.

Unfortunately, in this country there is as yet no significant movement for ending that Baseworld of ours. Elsewhere, however, demands and protests aimed at shutting down such bases from Belgium to Guam , Japan to the United Kingdom — in nearly 40 countries all told — have taken place within the past few years.

In December , however, even the highest-ranking U. In short, no. Anything but. The commander should consider the fact that funds derived from certain nonappropriated fund activities such as post exchanges, motion picture theaters, and post restaurants are used to supplement appropriated funds in conducting the morale and recreation program. No vending machine will be located within reasonable proximity of a vending stand that is operated by a licensed blind person if the vending machine vends articles of the same type sold at the stand, unless local needs require the placement of such a machine.

If such is the case , the operation of, and income from the machine, will be assumed by the blind vending stand operator. Appeals will be filed by State licensing agencies with the installation commander who will conduct a complete investigation and will give the State licensing agency an opportunity to present information.

A final decision by the Secretary of the Army will be rendered within 90 days of the filing of the appeal to the installation commander. Notification of the decision on the appeal and the action taken will be reported to the State licensing agency, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Department of Defense Manpower , Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.

However, the installation commander may authorize labor representatives to enter the installation to distribute organizational literature and authorization cards to employees of private contractors, provided such distribution does not -. Nothing in this regulation, however, will be construed to prohibit private contractors' employees from distibuting organizational literature or authorization cards on installation property if such activity does not violate the conditions enumerated in paragraph k 2 of this section.

Business offices or desk space for labor organizations on the installation is not authorized to be provided for solicitation of membership among contractors' employees, collection of dues, or other business of the labor organization not directly connected with the contract work. This report will include the reasons for denial, including -. See CPR for the functions, duties and obligations of an installation commander regarding Federal civilian employee unions. See chapter 5, AR This applies to employers in all activities, including nonappropriated fund activities established as Federal instrumentalities according to AR , Nonappropriated Fund System, concessionaires of such activities, and other private employers.