an army fort is a building which is desiened to be easily defendable in the event of an attack and an army camp is well a camp.
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Fort Donelson fell to the Union army February 16, 1862.
Fort Hood, Texas at Killeen is the only US Army installation within that radius.
A military Fort will commonly be called a Base or Post by most military personal. How ever if you are doing training at that base you will commonly hear it refered to as a Camp
U.S. Army installations are usually referred to as "posts." Air Force & Navy installations are referred to as "bases." Therefore, facilities within an Army post would be referred to as "Post Exchange", "Post Theater", etc. Facilities within a Naval or Air Force base would be referred to as "Base Exchange", "Base Theater", etc. Army posts often have "Fort" in the name, although other terms, including "Camp" are used ("Camp" is also used by the Marine Corps).
Fort Eustis is located on the Virginia Peninsula in Newport News, Virginia. Fort Eustis is the training ground for the majority of the Army's transportation specialties.