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Mission Statement:
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. But Fort Dix advocates attracted Army Reserve interest in keeping the 31,000-acre post as a training reservation. With the reserve get millions for improvements, Fort Dix actually has grown again to employ 3,000. As many as 15,000 troops train there on weekends, and the post has been a major mobilization point for reserve and National Guard troops since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
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