Camp Stanley is a

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facility located at the Leon Springs Military Reservation, twenty miles northwest of downtown

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near Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas.

History

In 1906 and 1907, an area of about 17,000 acres near Leon Springs, just north of San Antonio, was acquired by the military as a training ground and firing range. In 1917, the area was named Camp Funston in honor of Maj. Gen.

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but was redesignated Camp Stanley to avoid confusion with

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in Kansas. Camp Stanley is named after Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley, a Medal of Honor recipient during the Civil War and a former Commander of the Department of Texas. The camp was used as a training ground during

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and hosted the First Officers’ Training Camp and later the 57th Infantry Regiment, which included then Lt.

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. In 1917, an additional 16,000 acres were leased, and a new camp was established called Camp Bullis. Together, Camp Stanley and Camp Bullis became the Leon Spring Military Reservation. Today, Camp Bullis serves as a training base for Army, Air Force, and Marine units, while Camp Stanley is used for munitions storage and testing. CSSA is a Government-Owned, Government-Operated (GOGO) facility.

Land transfers

After

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, several land transfers occurred: In 1953 about 2,040 acres, the majority of the outer cantonment of present-day Camp Stanley, were transferred from Camp Bullis to the Camp Stanley Storage Activity (CSSA). In 1949 CSSA had become assigned to the Red River (Arsenal) Army Depot near

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, as a support facility. In 1970 an additional 204 acres were transferred to Camp Stanley. According to a US Army document of 2005, "The primary mission of CSSA is receipt, storage, and issuance of ordnance material as well as quality assurance testing of military weapons and ammunition. A secondary mission, weapons training and qualifying also occurs at CSSA."Camp Stanley Storage Activity Boerne, Texa
Installation Environmental Noise Management Plan for Camp Stanley Storage Activity
June 2005, 82pp

References

Sources

*{{Cite book , last=Manguso , first=John M. , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PShVOF_PrAQC , title=Camp Bullis: Admirably Suited to All Purposes of Military Training: A History of the Leon Springs Military Reservation, 1890-1990 , publisher=

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