Fort Leonard Wood
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Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) base located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert
It is called "Fort Lost in the Woods" by soldiers due to its isolated location (120 miles SW of St. Louis and 70 miles NE of Springfield, Missouri.)
Ft. Leonard Wood offers BCT for most non-combat arms soldiers, AIT for MOS 88M (motor transport operator) and non-combat engineer MOSes and OSUT training for combat engineers (MOS 12B), chemical specialists (MOSes starting with 54) and military police (MOS starting with 31). All training is gender integrated as in Fort Jackson, with the exception of combat engineers (i.e. MOS 12B is closed to women). Ft. Leonard Wood is considered the tougher of the two gender integrated basic training facilities due to the terrain and the extreme temperatures.
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