1. The Geography and Location of Three
Different Military Bases Visited this
Year
By Ashley O’Dell

2. First stop Quantico, Virginia

4.  Located on the Potomac River, Quantico got its
name from the Indian Tribe, The Patowomacks
who used to inhabit the area in 16th century.
 Quantico deprives from Indian Language
meaning “By the large stream”
 The base was Established in 1917 and was
considered a new Industrial city.
 At that time they built freighters and Oil liners
in time of war

5. Quantico Railroad Station: Located in Heart
of Town, where I took my first train ride
back to Rhode Island

6.  Established by Major General George Barnett,
who was looking for a place to train Marine
Officers that was close to Washington D.C
 Today this school prepares all Marine Officers
in basic training needed.

7. THE WOODLAND AREA IS USED TO
TRAIN MARINES TO SURIVE OUTSIDE
USING DIFFERENT SURVIAL TACTICS

8. Located on the tip of coastal plane it Extends into
piedmont which consists of rolling hills and a
forested area

9. Here they learn tactics Like Land
navigation, which is used to find your way
without using a computer or a GPS

10. The advantage of having the Main officers school
located in Quantico Virginia is that is very close to
the Nation’s Capital

11. Quantico Is only 35 miles from Washington D.C

13. Second Stop: Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

14. Located on the gulf coast In Pensacola Florida

15.  Before The US occupied Florida The Spanish
had their own base called Fort Barranca which
is situated still on the Naval base today
 President John Quincy Adams saw advantages
of building a naval base in Pensacola Harbor
and construction began in 1825
 Today, the Pensacola Naval Complex in
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties employs
more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian
personnel.

18. Fort Barranca Today on Naval Air Base

20. National Museum of Naval Aviation is a popular exhibit
to visit on Base
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org

22. Planes from different eras and time reside here,
including the recent air force one Jet

23. Blue Angels practice and perform here in
Pensacola Florida on The Naval Air Base
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6tB8Lf7YoU

24. However What Pensacola is
most known for is the gulf Coast

25. Beautiful Water and Sand The gulf
is a Wonder of its own
However… dangers threaten this ecosystem

26. BP Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, the
oil rig Deepwater Horizon
malfunctioned into spilling oil into
gulf coast

27.  http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/04/11
/science/100000000769803/oil-spill-enviro-
update.html?scp=8&sq=Gulf%20Coast&st=cse
 Impact to the region is still under investigation

28. Hurricane Ivan hit
Pensacola in 2004

29. Last stop Vance Air Base, Enid
Oklahoma

32.  Vance started off the home to herds of cattle
that roamed through the plains of Oklahoma
 In 1941 the need for a new air Base during
World War II was made in Enid Oklahoma by
two army men
 Vance has grown throughout the years and is
known for training Navy, Marine and Air force
pilots.

33. Enid Oklahoma is very flat with fertile
plains and low hills
It is Located in in the Red Beds Plains. The
largest land region in Oklahoma. The Red
Beds Plains slope upward from east to
west.
In the east are some forested areas. In the
west the region is covered with grass.

36. Because of Oklahoma’s location they get hit with the highest
concentration of tornadoes every year
Just a few weeks ago Vance Air base was surrounded by 100
tornadoes forming throughout Oklahoma into Kansas

37. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNqnW0BNvE
Already Oklahoma and the Midwest is being hit hard with tornadoes
because of the change in climate and rising temperatures.
The video above is from April 14th and shows the tornadoes forming in
Oklahoma

38.  This year I’ve been to three very different
places
 Each with a different geography and disasters
 I hope next year I get to go to many new places
so I can discover the rest of the United States