Fort Knox is Your Neighbor
Having Fort Knox as Your Neighbor
For more than a century, our region has been home to Fort Knox, a 110,000-acre U.S. Army installation with countless missions critical to our national defense.
With nearly 22,000 Soldiers, Army Civilian Employees and Defense Contractors, Fort Knox has the second largest workforce in Kentucky. Additionally, tens of thousands of military retirees and veterans choose to call our region home when they complete their military service.
The Sounds of Freedom
- Fort Knox is home to world class training areas and ranges that are in high demand.
- Fort Knox is home to the only Digital Air Ground Integration Range (DAGIR) east of the Mississippi. The DAGIR is a high-tech range where ground forces can train simultaneously with military aircraft.
- You will regularly hear and even feel large weapons systems being used during training as well as see
The Summer Surge
- Fort Knox is home the Army’s largest annual training exercise – Cadet Summer Training (CST).
- Each summer, upwards of 15,000 college ROTC cadets and instructors come to Fort Knox for CST.
- Families of the cadets visit to see their son or daughter graduate from CST, contributing to increased hotel stays and restaurant goers.
Multifaceted Fort Knox Missions
- Provide logistical operations for the military in the middle east
- Command and control all Army forces in Europe
- Provide Human Resource Management for the entire Army
- Recruit all active duty and army reserve Soldiers
- Oversee all College Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs and all high school Junior ROTC programs
- Headquarters for all Army Reserve Aviation in the country
- Trains and mobilizes all Army Reserve units in the Eastern United States
- And more…
Ft. Knox is An Economic Engine Fueling the Regional Economy
Visit Ft. Knox
Check out the Greater Fort Knox website and learn more!