We returned to the US Army Heritage and Education Center to complete the outdoor Army Heritage Trail. We had visited the indoor displays on 5/18/2026.
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| Global War on Terror: Operating for Freedom: The US Army in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2026 |
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| First a Combat Outpost in Afghanistan, c 2005 |
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| A peek into the Bunkhouse |
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| Seating appears to be made from wooden pallets (KSS) |
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| The Latrine |
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| Inside the latrine |
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| No more jeeps, now we have Humvees/High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
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| Tactical Operations Center |
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| A peek inside the Tactical Operations Center |
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| A view from the tower of the US Army Heritage and Education Center |
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| Buffalo A2 Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle |
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| Examples of Improvised Explosive Devices/IEDs |
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| Global War on Terror: Operating for Freedom: Entry Control Point in Iraq, c 2009 |
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| This gate does not look like it would stop anyone |
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| M577A3 Light Tracked Command Post Carrier |
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| The World War I Allied Trenches |
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| Barbed wire and ADA entrance to the trenches! |
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| Sniper's Nest |
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| Machine Gun Post |
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| Splinter Proof or Shrapnel Proof areas provided some protection from bombardment |
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| Mortar Pit |
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| Command Post |
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| Bird nest and knob-and-tube wiring |
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| Aid Station |
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| M4A3 Sherman Tank (1943) |
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| M1918 Artillery Cart was too late for World War I |
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| A German Pillbox was like a concrete-reinforced trench |
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| Vietnam Fire Support Base |
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| M101A1 105mm Howitzer |
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| Inside the "Hooch," a desk made from ammunition boxes |
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| "Hooch" cots |
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| Guard Tower |
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| M42 "Duster" Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun |
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| UH-1B "Huey" Gunship |
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| French and Indian War Waystation that helped maintain the British supply line |
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| Yorktown Redoubt #10 scale replica where American and French troops under General George Washington were victorious against the British to end the Revolutionary War |
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| Timber palisades jut out over the ditch |
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| 24-pounder mortar |
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| 18-pounder cannon on ship's carriage |
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| Mark on the cannon is a royal cypher of King George II |
Next: US Army Heritage Trail II.
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