The 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade was activated at the fort on 2 October 2008 and was inactivated 17 June 2015. wars in Iraq (2003-2011) and Afghanistan (2001-2021), the 94th Engineer Battalion was restationed from Germany to Fort Leonard Wood, as were the 92nd Military Police Battalion, 193rd Brigade Support Battalion, and 94th Signal Company (part of the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade). During the Gulf War, the 5th Engineer Battalion from the fort saw action in the Middle East. The installation has historically had a training role under TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) rather than a FORSCOM (Forces Command) role dating back to its origins in World War II as an engineer replacement training post. The corps area commander suggested an alternate site near Rolla, Missouri. Army officials went to investigate the site and found that, despite reports to the contrary after World War I, there was a critical shortage of groundwater into which wells could be sunk to produce drinking water. Marshall approved the construction of a military camp capable of holding 35,000 men on the site, to be named for General Leonard Wood. precautionary mobilization in the summer of 1940, General George C. In 1939, Congress approved the purchase of a 40,000-acre tract of land near Leon, Iowa, for use as a military reservation, but did not authorize any funds to do so. Meade, hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, was from), and the name was changed back to Fort Meade. legislators from Pennsylvania (where George G. However, after a brief time, the change of name was successfully challenged by U.S. Prior to the establishment of the current Fort Leonard Wood, the name was used in 1928 to rename Camp Meade in central Maryland when it was decided that the facility, originally established as a temporary World War I cantonment, would become a permanent military post. The current commanding general is Major General James Bonner and the command sergeant major is Command Sergeant Major Randolph Delapena. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) the "center of excellence" designation was placed on almost all U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center was redesignated the U.S.
Army Chemical Corps and Military Police Corps schools were transferred to Fort Leonard Wood, which was concurrently redesignated the U.S. In 1999, again as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process, Fort McClellan, Alabama, was closed, and the U.S. Before that, officer training was conducted at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Army Engineer School's operations were consolidated at Fort Leonard Wood.
In 1984, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process, most of the U.S. During World War II Italian and German POWs were interned at the fort. Originally intended to train infantry troops, in 1941 it became an engineer training post with the creation of the Engineer Replacement Training Center. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood (former Chief of Staff) in January 1941. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of The City of St. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks.
United States Army Military Police Schoolįort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army's Installation Management Command (IMCOM).United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School The Fort Leonard Wood Post Cemetery falls underneath the responsibility of the Fort Leonard Wood Garrison Command and the U.S. Grounds maintenance for the cemetery is cared for by the Fort Leonard Wood Directorate of Public Works. One Cemetery Responsible Official from Fort Leonard Wood provides oversight and administrative support for all cemetery operations. One of the most notable features of the cemetery is the stone wall and gate which was built by enemy Prisoners of War during WWII. The cemetery located almost directly in the center of the 70,000 acre installation which is surrounded by the Missouri Ozarks.
With nearly 700 honored interred in the ground the cemetery has remained a place of honor, respect and dignity. With the establishment of the post also came the establishment of the post cemetery. The Fort Leonard Wood Army post, first established in 1942, was named after Major General Leonard Wood, a former U.S.