Joint Base Cape Cod

The Joint Base Cape Cod is a state-designated joint base created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States War Department in 1935. Governor James Curley signed the state bill to allocate and purchase land for a military facility, and establishing a formal commission to manage this new state military property and personnel. After {{convert|22000|acre|ha km2 mi2|abbr=|lk=on}} of land was secured on Cape Cod, the Massachusetts National Guard began erecting tents and a basic training program in the following year.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705155805/https://www.mass.gov/guard/E%26RC/mmrhistory1.htm |url=http://www.mass.gov/guard/E&RC/mmrhistory1.htm |title=MMR History |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |archive-date=2006-07-05 |access-date=2017-11-27 |url-status=dead }} Formerly the Massachusetts Military Reservation, it was renamed in 2013 to Joint Base Cape Cod by Massachusetts; although having a name similar to many federal military installations, it has no federal recognition.{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Georga|title=Massachusetts Military Reservation may get new name: Joint Base Cape Cod|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130529/NEWS/305290334|access-date=2013-05-29 |newspaper=Cape Cod Times|date=2013-05-29 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726113044/http://www.capecodtimes.com/article//20130529/NEWS/305290334|archive-date=2018-07-26 }}{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=George|title=Goodbye, MMR. Hello, Joint Base Cape Cod|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130719/NEWS/307190337/-1/news11|access-date=2013-07-19 |newspaper=Cape Cod Times|date=2013-07-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721121223/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130719%2FNEWS%2F307190337%2F-1%2FNEWS11|archive-date=2013-07-21}}

1970s

Otis Air National Guard Base underwent boundary changes in 1975. This realignment included these installations: Otis Air National Guard Base, Camp Edwards, and the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod.[http://www.uscg.mil/d1/units/ascapecod/ USCG Air Station Cape Cod] Official Site[http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm Otis ANG and MMR] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114010527/http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm |date=2007-11-14 }}, Official website

Cape Cod Space Force Station was created when the air force returned in 1978. The U.S. Air Force constructed the Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS). PAVE PAWS is designed to detect airborne ballistic missiles and monitor orbiting satellites.

2020s

In the 2023 Pentagon document leaks the FBI arrested Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, cyber transport systems journeyman of the 102nd Intelligence Wing, Joint Base Cape Cod for allegedly uploading Top Secret information to a Discord server,{{Cite web |last=Ziezulewicz |first=Geoff |date=2023-04-13 |title=Deputy defense secretary to troops: Don’t share classified information |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/04/13/deputy-defense-secretary-to-troops-dont-share-classified-information/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Navy Times |language=en}}Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kevin Liptak, CNN [https://us.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/us-government-intel-leak/index.html (13 Apr 2023) FBI arrests 21-year-old Air Force guardsman in Pentagon leak case] and charged with violating the Espionage Act. Teixeira had access to sensitive compartmented access (SCI) information.Hannah Rabinowitz and Jeremy Herb, CNN [https://us.cnn.com/2023/04/14/politics/classified-leaks-suspect-arraignment/index.html (14 Apr 2023) Suspect charged in Pentagon documents leak case]

Military bases

Otis Air National Guard Base
Camp Edwards
Cape Cod Space Force Station
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
[https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Director-of-Operational-Logistics-DOL/Bases/Base-Cape-Cod/ Coast Guard Base Cape Cod]

Other facilities

The Volpe Center's [https://www.volpe.dot.gov/air-traffic-systems-operations/aircraft-wakes-and-weather/developing-and-testing-sensor-accuracy Aviation Weather Research Facility]
Port Security Unit 301{{cite news |last1=Gouveia |first1=Aaron |title=Cape Coast Guard unit returns from Kuwait |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2010/01/24/cape-coast-guard-unit-returns/51728774007/ |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=January 2010}}
Civil Air Patrol Coastal Patrol 18, Cape Cod Composite Squadron (NER MA 044){{cite web|url=http://capecodcivilairpatrol.com|title=Coastal Patrol 18}}
Massachusetts National Cemetery{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
Barnstable County Correctional Facility and Sheriff's Office{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Massachusetts Environmental Management Commission{{cite web|url=http://states.ng.mil/sites/ma/resources/erc/emc.htm |title=Massachusetts EMC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910081813/http://states.ng.mil/sites/ma/resources/erc/emc.htm |archive-date=2009-09-10 }}