Fort Greely, Alaska

E137446

United States Army installation census-designated place

Fort Greely, Alaska is a U.S. Army installation in central Alaska that serves as a key site for missile defense operations and cold-weather military training.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Greely	6
Fort Greely, Alaska canonical	5
Fort Greely Census Designated Place	1
Fort Greely missile defense site	1
Fort Greely missile fields	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1210543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Greely, Alaska
Context triple: [49th Missile Defense Battalion, garrisonLocation, Fort Greely, Alaska]

A. Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in interior Alaska that supports fighter operations, Arctic training, and joint military exercises.
B. Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright is a major U.S. Army installation in interior Alaska that supports Arctic training and operations.
C. Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a major U.S. military installation in Anchorage, Alaska, that combines Air Force and Army operations and serves as a key strategic hub for Arctic and Pacific defense.
D. Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
E. Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Greely, Alaska
Target entity description: Fort Greely, Alaska is a U.S. Army installation in central Alaska that serves as a key site for missile defense operations and cold-weather military training.

A. Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in interior Alaska that supports fighter operations, Arctic training, and joint military exercises.
B. Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright is a major U.S. Army installation in interior Alaska that supports Arctic training and operations.
C. Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a major U.S. military installation in Anchorage, Alaska, that combines Air Force and Army operations and serves as a key strategic hub for Arctic and Pacific defense.
D. Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
E. Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis is a major U.S. Army installation in Washington State that serves as a key component of Joint Base Lewis–McChord and an important center for training and deploying military forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army installation ⓘ census-designated place ⓘ
climate	subarctic climate ⓘ
contains	Ground-Based Interceptor silos ⓘ cold-weather training areas ⓘ missile fields ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distanceTo	approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks ⓘ
federalGovernmentJurisdiction	United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
garrison	Missile Defense Agency personnel ⓘ United States Army personnel ⓘ contractor personnel ⓘ
geographicRegion	central Alaska ⓘ
hasCapability	testing of equipment in extreme cold ⓘ training of troops for cold-weather operations ⓘ
hasFacility	barracks ⓘ family housing ⓘ support infrastructure ⓘ training ranges ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	airfield support (nearby) ⓘ logistics and maintenance facilities ⓘ missile defense command and control facilities ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction	cold-weather military training ⓘ missile defense operations ⓘ
hasRole	key site in U.S. national missile defense system ⓘ testing and training location for extreme cold-weather operations ⓘ
hasTrainingEnvironment	arctic and subarctic conditions ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Southeast Fairbanks Census Area ⓘ interior Alaska ⓘ
locatedNear	Delta Junction, Alaska ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. Greely family (historical association) ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Delta River ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	U.S. homeland defense infrastructure ⓘ United States Army Garrison Alaska ⓘ
population	small resident population ⓘ
securityClassification	high-security military installation ⓘ
strategicImportance	defense against long-range ballistic missile threats ⓘ
timeZone	Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transportAccess	connected by Richardson Highway ⓘ
usedBy	Missile Defense Agency ⓘ linked to: United States Missile Defense Agency United States Army ⓘ other U.S. military branches for training ⓘ
usedFor	ground-based midcourse missile defense ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

49th Missile Defense Battalion → garrisonLocation → Fort Greely, Alaska ⓘ

49th Missile Defense Battalion → basedIn → Fort Greely, Alaska ⓘ

49th Missile Defense Battalion → operatesAt → Fort Greely missile fields ⓘ