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Little Rock AFB is the largest military installation in the state of Arkansas.  There are a few smaller military installations nearby.

Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA), located in Southeast Arkansas, is 35 miles southeast of Little Rock and eight miles northwest of the city of Pine Bluff. It is bordered on the east by the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and on the west by the Union Pacific Railroad and U. S. Highway 65, making it directly accessible by rail, road or waterway. The city of Pine Bluff boasts one of the busiest ports on the Arkansas River and serves as a transportation hub for the regional railroads. PBA is located 35 miles south of the Little Rock National Airport and 40 miles from Little Rock Air Force Base.

Camp Joseph T. Robinson, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is a 33,000-acre (13,313-hectare) training facility of the Army National Guard. It is one of the largest state-operated training sites in the US. It is headquarters for the Arkansas National Guard and open year round for training. Located on Camp Robinson are the offices of the Adjutant General and the staff of the Arkansas Army National Guard. Camp Robinson also serves as host to the National Guard Professional Education Center and the National Guard Marksmanship Training Unit.

Camp Pike was established in 1917, and was used for training the 87th Division of the National Army. Shortly before World War II, the name was changed to Camp Joseph T. Robinson and the camp's boundaries were expanded to include land in Pulaski and Faulkner counties. The camp was used for the basic training of troops. A variety of weapons training occurred including rifles, pistols, machine guns, live grenades, mortars and various field artillery.

After the war, Camp Robinson was declared surplus and broken up. Most of it was transferred to the Arkansas National Guard. Some went to the city of North Little Rock and Central Baptist College. A small portion was retained by the federal government for use as an Army Reserve Center, now designated as Camp Pike. The remainder was sold to private owners, the city of North Little Rock and Central Baptist College. The portions that are no longer owned by the military or the National Guard are eligible for environmental investigation and cleanup assistance under the Formerly Used Defense Sites program. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the agency responsible for conducting environmental restoration work under the FUDS program.

Officially activated in April, 1996, the 90th RSC was established with headquarters at Camp Pike Armed Forces Reserve Complex, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The RSC's are each assigned a geographic region which coincides with the Standard Federal Regions.

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