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{{Short description|US Army post in San Antonio, Texas}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox military installation | name = | ensign = | ensign_size = | native_name = | partof = [[Joint Base San Antonio]] | location = [[San Antonio, Texas]] | country = [[United States of America]] | image = Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle Clock Tower (26097884708).jpg | alt = | caption = Clocktower on the Quadrangle | image2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = | coordinates = {{Coord|29|27|27|N|98|26|24|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | type = U.S. Army post | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Texas#USA | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | code = <!--facility/installation code --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | ownership = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] | operator = <!-- where different from ownership such as the RAF or the USAF --> | controlledby = <!-- such as RAF Bomber Command or the Eighth Air Force --> | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | condition = | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities β radar types etc --> | website = | built = {{Start date|1876}} | built_for = | builder = | architect = | used = <!--{{End date|1946}} --> | materials = | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | demolished = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | nrhp_type = nhld | nocat = yes | image = | caption = Clock tower built in 1876 inside the Quadrangle on Fort Sam Houston, Texas. | area = {{convert|400|acre}} | designated_nrhp_type = 15 May 1975<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1575&ResourceType=District |title=Fort Sam Houston |access-date=2008-06-26 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121183146/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1575&ResourceType=District |archive-date=2009-01-21}}</ref> | added = 15 May 1975<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 75001950 }} }} '''Fort Sam Houston''' is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] post in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref name="army"> "Fort Sam Houston, TX β’ About Fort Sam Houston" (overview), [[US Army]], 2007, webpage: [http://www.samhouston.army.mil/sites/about/default.asp SH-Army] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624211630/http://www.samhouston.army.mil/sites/about/default.asp |date=2007-06-24 }}.</ref> Known colloquially as "Fort Sam", it is named for the first president of the [[Republic of Texas]], [[Sam Houston]]. The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for the Fourth United States Army, [[United States Army North]], [[United States Army South]], the [[United States Army Medical Command|Army Medical Command]] (MEDCOM) headquarters, the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] (AMEDD) Center and School, the Fifth Recruiting Brigade, Navy Regional Recruiting, the San Antonio Military Entrance and Processing Station, and the [[Medical Education and Training Campus]] (METC). On 1 October 2010, Fort Sam Houston joined [[Lackland Air Force Base]] and [[Randolph Air Force Base]] to create [[Joint Base San Antonio]], under [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] administration.
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