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Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,000-acre (44,000 ha) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet Command and the United States Army Accessions Command. U.S. Army Armor Center, the U.S. Army Armor School (to move to Fort Benning, and is used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The history of the US Army's Cavalry and Armored forces, and of General George S. Patton's career, can be found at the General George Patton Museum on the grounds of Fort Knox. Parts of the base in Hardin and Meade Counties form a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 12,377 at the 2000 census. Bullion Depository The United States Department of the Treasury has maintained the Bullion Depository on the base since 1937.This facility is operated solely by the Treasury Department, and is independent of the Army's operations there. Due to the location of the Depository at the fort, the term 'Fort Knox' is often used in American English as an analogue that conveys cutting-edge security, impregnability, and excessive wealth. Patton Museum The museum complex consists of the Patton, WW1, WW2 and Post World War Galleries as well as a Special Exhibit area, The Emert L. Davis Memorial Library, outdoor static displays and the Armor Memorial Park. It is adjacent to Keyes Park, which contains a covered picnic facility, restrooms and children’s playground. The General George Patton Museum contains the largest collection of Patton artifacts in the world, including personal items used by General Patton throughout his life. Fortification Fortifications were constructed near the site in 1860, during the Civil War when Fort Duffield was constructed. Fort Duffield was located on what was known as Muldraugh Hill on a strategic point overlooking the confluence of the Salt and Ohio Rivers and the Louisville and Nashville Turnpike. The area was contested by both Union and Confederate forces. Bands of organized guerrillas frequently raided the area during the war. John Hunt Morgan the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry for the Confederate Army raided the area before staging his famous raid on Indiana and Ohio known as Morgan's Raid. Post war After the war, the area now occupied by the Army was home to various small communities. In October 1903, military maneuvers for the Regular Army and the National Guards of several states were held at West Point, Kentucky and the surrounding area. In April 1918, field artillery units from Camp Zachary Taylor arrived at West Point for training. 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) near the village of Stithton were leased to the government and construction for a permanent training center was started in July 1918. New camp The new camp was named after Henry Knox, the Continental Army's chief of artillery during the Revolutionary War and the country's first Secretary of War. The camp was extended by the purchase of a further 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) in June 1918 and construction properly began in July 1918. The building program was reduced following the end of the war and reduced further following cuts to the army in 1921 after the National Defense Act of 1920. The camp was greatly reduced and became a semi-permanent training center for the 5th Corps Area for Reserve Officer training, the National Guard, and Citizen's Military Training Camps (CMTC). For a short while, from 1925 to 1928, the area was designated as 'Camp Henry Knox National Forest.' Air Corps usage The post contains an airfield, called Godman Army Airfield, that was used by the United States Army Air Corps, and its successor, the United States Army Air Forces as a training base during World War II. It was used by the Kentucky Air National Guard for several years after the war until they relocated to Standiford Field in Louisville. The airfield is still in use by the United States Army Aviation Branch. Mechanized military unit occupation In 1931 a small force of the mechanized cavalry was assigned to Camp Knox to use it as a training site. The camp was turned into a permanent garrison in January 1932 and renamed Fort Knox. The 1st Cavalry Regiment arrived later in the month to become the 1st Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized).In 1936 the 1st was joined by the 13th to become the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized). The site quickly became the center for mechanization tactics and doctrine. The success of the German mechanized units at the start of World War II was a major impetus to operations at the fort. A new Armored Force was established in July 1940 with its headquarters at Fort Knox with the 7th Cavalry Brigade becoming the 1st Armored Division. The Armored Force School and the Armored Force Replacement Center were also sited at Fort Knox in October 1940, and their successors remain located there today. The site was expanded to cope with its new role. By 1943, there were 3,820 buildings on 106,861 acres (43,245 ha). A third of the base has been torn down within the last ten years,[when?] with another third slated by 2010.The Army HR Command Center will be re-located to Fort Knox from the DC/Virginia area beginning in 2009. New facilities are under construction throughout Fort Knox, such as the new Army Human Resource Center, the largest construction project in the history of Fort Knox. It’s a $185 million, three-story, 880,000-square-foot (82,000 m2) complex of six interconnected buildings, sitting on 104 acres (42 ha). Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Fort Knox will lose about 4,600 personnel through the departure of the Army Armor Center and School to Fort Benning, Georgia, as well as the departure of other divisions to different parts of the country.The Army Human Resources Command with approximately 4,300 mostly civilian personnel is being consolidated at Fort Knox. The new center will combine offices currently located in Virginia, Indiana and Missouri. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, with approximately 3,400 personnel. The 3rd Brigade 1st Infantry Division will be set to deploy around the January 2011 time frame.It’s expected that between $800 and $900 million worth of construction will take place at Fort Knox for the BRAC reorganization, and for base modernization projects.The Fort Knox BRAC reorganization will be completed by September 2011. Fort Knox High School Fort Knox is one of only three Army bases, the others being Fort Campbell, KY and Ft Sam Houston, TX, that still has a high school located on post. Fort Knox High School, serving grades 9-12, was built in 1958 and has gone under only a handful of renovations since then; but a new building was completed in 2008. Current units 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) 19th Engineer Battalion 16th Cavalry Regiment1st Squadron 2nd Squadron 3rd Squadron 194th Armored Brigade81st Armored Regiment1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 15th Cavalry Regiment5th Squadron 46th Infantry Regiment1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 34th Military Police Detachment 46th Adjutant General Battalion 95th Training Division (formerly 95th Infantry Division) 113th Band Ireland Army Community Hospital MEDDAC 84th Training Command (UR)70th Training Division (FT) Geography Fort Knox is located at 37°54'09.96' North, 85°57'09.11' West, along the Ohio River. The depository itself is located at 37°52'59.59' North, 85°57'55.31' West.According to the Census Bureau, the base CDP has a total area of 20.94 square miles (54.23 km2), of which 20.92 sq mi (54.18 km2) is land and 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)—0.14%—is water. Communities near Fort Knox include Brandenburg, Elizabethtown, Hodgenville, Louisville, Radcliff, Shepherdsville, and Vine Grove, Kentucky The Meade County city of Muldraugh is completely surrounded by Fort Knox. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 12,377 people, 2,748 households, and 2,596 families residing on base. The population density was 591.7 inhabitants per square mile (228.5 /km2). There were 3,015 housing units at an average density of 144.1 /sq mi (55.6 /km2). The racial makeup of the base was 66.32% White, 23.08% African American, 0.73% Native American, 1.65% Asian, 0.44% Pacific Islander, 4.17% from other races, and 3.63% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 10.35% of the population.There were 2,748 households out of which 77.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 86.0% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.5% were non-families. 4.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.49 and the average family size was 3.60.The age distribution was 34.9% under the age of 18, 25.5% from 18 to 24, 37.2% from 25 to 44, 2.3% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 155.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 190.3 males. These statistics are generally typical for military bases.The median income for a household on the base was $34,020, and the median income for a family was $33,588. Males had a median income of $26,011 versus $21,048 for females. The per capita income for the base was $12,410. About 5.8% of the population and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under the age of 18 and 100.0% of those 65 and older. In popular culture In the 1959James BondnovelGoldfinger, gold smugglerAuric Goldfingerplots to steal the gold in Fort Knox. In themovie version, the third spy film in the series which was made in 1964, Goldfinger plans a nuclear detonation inside the Fort Knox gold depository. Bond ultimately foils the explosion and later eliminates Goldfinger in a fight on an aeroplane. For security reasons, the filmmakers were not allowed to film inside the United States Bullion Depository, though exterior photography was permitted. All sets for the interiors of the building were designed and built from scratch atPinewood Studios.The video gameJames Bond 007: Nightfirealso has a multiplayer level set in the fictitious interior of the Bullion Depository. The1981comedyfilmStripeswas filmed on post and the surrounding areas, including downtownLouisville. The scene with the 'boom chaka-laka' drill & ceremony takes place by the old greenWorld War IIbarracks, relatively near the infamous hills on post known as Agony and Misery. Fort Knox was not identified by name in the film. InGoldenEye: Rogue Agent, the James Bond game released in 2004 for thePlayStation 2,Xbox,GameCubeandNintendo DS, the beginning of the game is inside Fort Knox, having to stop the detonation of asuitcase nukebyGoldfinger. In '14 Carrot Rabbit', a 1951 animated cartoon short in theLooney Tunesseries featuringBugs Bunny,Yosemite Samfinds tons of gold, but finds out that he is digging at the United States Gold Reserve in Fort Knox. He ends up getting taken away by US soldiers and charged with a felony (Bugs chuckles 'So long, Sam! See ya in 20 years!') In an episode ofPinky and the Brain, the duo make it past the security guards using sneezing powder, only to come out empty-handed, as the gold was too heavy for them to carry. In the animatedJackie Chan Adventurescartoon series (episode 'Bullies'), one of the prime characters, Valmont, uses a magic talisman to break into Fort Knox to replenish his dwindling funds and to make a historical heist, only to be foiled by Jackie Chan and his niece Jade. Fort Knox serves as the cover for an old abandoned government base in theBen 10episode 'Ben 10 vs. the Negative 10, part 1'. A group of superpowered villains enter the vault, but do not steal any of the gold in favor of an old key device stored in the hide-out. Fort Knox is mentioned twice in the series of Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter as protagonist. In 'The Queen and the Thief' the jewels of a crown have been stolen; at the end of the episode they are discovered to be in a lock box in the undergrounds of the consolate of Malakar. The thief Robley tells Wonder Woman that the lock box is so well protected that Fort Knox is only a money-box compared to it. In another episode, Diana Prince must infiltrate a band of thieves; the leader of this band wants to steal the money stolen by another thief from the Beirut bank, but the house of this second thief is so well protected by alarms that Diana Prince and Tony Ryan compare it to Fort Knox. In theMarvel Comicscontinuity, all the gold is stolen by the group called 'Agents of Atlas'. Fort Knox is mentioned in the heavy metal song 'B.Y.O.B', by System of a Down. A Scooby Doo episode, includes an adventure inside Fort Knox, about a gold phantom, whose touch transforms people into large pieces of gold. In The 39 Clues it is one of the headquarters for a branch called the Lucians. In the Star Trek Voyager two-part episode 'Dark Frontier', Captain Janeway holds a meeting about a plan to ambush a Borg scout ship. She announces it as 'Ft. Knox!'.This has to be explained to some crewmembers not from Earth as her way of emphasizing the massive amount of technologies and strategic information they can gain from the operation. The book 'Inside the Cage' by 'Matt Whyman' is about a hacker who is sent to a military prisoncamp after having hacked Fort Knox' 'untakable' security-systems and opened the doors.