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CLOSE-OUT AND TRANSFER CEREMONIES

MILITARY BASES / FACILITIES

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1979/Sept 30 U.S. Flag lowering - Ending of Fort Amador (Army Sector) as site of Army Headquarters

 

1984/Sept Closing of the Army School of the Americas in Panama and Transfer of part of Fort Gulick

 

U.S.Army School of Americas closing ceremony at Fort Gulick -- Then Major General Fred F. Woerner (left), commander of 193d Infantry Brigade (Panama) received the School's flag from School Commandant Colonel Michael Sierra symbolizing the closing of the School in Panama September 1984 for transfer of part of Fort Gulick to Panama October 1, 1984. After leaving Panama in 1986, Woerner returned as Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command 1987-1989 [US Army photo]

 

 

Above graphic (part of the home page banner on WHO's previous IN RETROSPECT site) designed by Brian A. Ormsbee

 

 

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END OF ERA

Transfer Ceremonies

- Canal

- Bases

Failed Negotiations

Vanishing Culture

Closeout of Era

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MILITARY BASES TRANSFERRED

1979

Part of the Army sector of Fort Amador

Albrook Army Airfield with airstrip at Albrook

1984

Part of Fort Gulick (Army School of Americas buildings, barracks, etc.)

1995

Fort Davis and remainder of Fort Gulick

1996

Fort Amador (Navy sector and remainder of Army sector)

1997

Albrook Air Force Station

1998

Quarry Heights

1999

Marine Barracks

Rodman Naval Station

Fort Sherman

Galeta Island

Fort Kobbe

Fort Clayton

Howard Air Force Base

East Corozal

West Corozal