Fort Lewis

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United States Army installation military base

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Lewis canonical	4
Fort Lewis, Washington	3
Fort Lewis garrison	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T430998 — 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 Lewis
Context triple: [Joint Base Lewis–McChord, hasPart, Fort Lewis]

A. Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is a major U.S. Army installation in southeastern Arizona known for its roles in military intelligence, communications, and electronic testing.
B. Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
C. Camp Richardson
Camp Richardson is a historic lakeside resort and recreation area on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in California, offering lodging, camping, beaches, and outdoor activities.
D. Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a major U.S. Army installation in North Carolina known as one of the world’s largest military bases and a central hub for airborne and special operations forces.
E. Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized 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 Lewis
Target entity description: 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.

A. Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is a major U.S. Army installation in southeastern Arizona known for its roles in military intelligence, communications, and electronic testing.
B. Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.
C. Camp Richardson
Camp Richardson is a historic lakeside resort and recreation area on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in California, offering lodging, camping, beaches, and outdoor activities.
D. Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a major U.S. Army installation in North Carolina known as one of the world’s largest military bases and a central hub for airborne and special operations forces.
E. Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a major U.S. Army installation in Texas that serves as a key training and operational base for armored and mechanized forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army installation ⓘ military base ⓘ
adjacentTo	McChord Field ⓘ linked to: Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
climate	marine west coast climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
era	World War I ⓘ
established	1917 ⓘ
function	deployment center for military forces ⓘ training center for military forces ⓘ
garrison	62nd Airlift Wing (via Joint Base Lewis–McChord) ⓘ linked to: 62nd Airlift Wing I Corps (United States) ⓘ linked to: I Corps
hasCommunity	on‑post housing areas ⓘ support services for soldiers and families ⓘ
hasFacility	Yakima Training Center (as associated training area) ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	airfields (via Joint Base Lewis–McChord) ⓘ barracks ⓘ logistics facilities ⓘ training ranges ⓘ
hasPopulationType	military families ⓘ military personnel ⓘ
hasRole	power‑projection platform for the U.S. Army ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	Interstate 5 ⓘ
locatedIn	Pierce County, Washington ⓘ linked to: Pierce County Washington State ⓘ linked to: Washington
locatedNear	DuPont, Washington ⓘ Lakewood, Washington ⓘ Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
mergedInto	Joint Base Lewis–McChord ⓘ linked to: Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
mergerEffectiveDate	2010 ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Meriwether Lewis ⓘ
nearBodyOfWater	Puget Sound ⓘ
operator	United States Department of the Army ⓘ
oversees	mobilization of reserve component units ⓘ training of active‑duty Army units ⓘ
partOf	I Corps military community ⓘ Joint Base Lewis–McChord ⓘ linked to: Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
roleInDefense	strategic hub for Indo‑Pacific deployments ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Army Forces Command ⓘ linked to: U.S. Army Forces Command
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
usedDuring	Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ