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Grafenwoehr Training Area

Grafenwoehr Training Area (GTA), also known as the U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr, is a United States Army military training base located near Grafenwöhr, eastern Bavaria, Germany. At 232 square kilometres, it is the largest training facility of the United States of America in Europe. The base is operated by 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command, and includes live firing training areas. Grafenwoehr facilities include the Tower Barracks. Grafenwoehr Training Area now comes under the command of the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria.

History
The military training area was established in 1907 by clearing at least 58 smaller villages, Undergoing a major expansion from in 1938 and forcibly evicting more than 3,500 people from their villages, During the course of the war, a myriad of different units were trained in the area, including foreign volunteers of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, as well as four divisions of the Italian Social Republic's National Republican Army. Following World War II, the base was occupied by the United States Army. ==Assigned units==
Assigned units
On 30 November 2018, the 41st Field Artillery Brigade was re-activated at Tower Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, controlling the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System-equipped 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment and 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment. Within the training area, Camp Aachen and Camp Algiers are located on the Grafenwoehr Training Area, and provide housing support, as well as an Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR), United Service Organizations (USO), and Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) shoppette facility. In addition, Grafenwoehr Training Area is home to the Joint Multinational Simulation Centre specifically located on the Camp Aachen portion of the training area. ==References==
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