The Joint Base Cape Cod, is a joint base created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States War Department in 1935.‹See TfD› Governor James Curley signed the state bill to allocate and purchase land for a military facility, and establishing a formal commission to manage this new state military property and personnel. After 22,000 acres (89 km2) of land was secured in Cape Cod, the Massachusetts National Guard began erecting tents and a basic training program in the following year. Formerly the Massachusetts Military Reservation, it was renamed in 2013 to Joint Base Cape Cod.
Otis Air National Guard Base underwent boundary changes in 1975. This realignment included these installations: Otis Air National Guard Base, Camp Edwards, and the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod.
Cape Cod Air Force Station was created when the air force returned in 1978. The U.S. Air Force constructed the Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS). PAVE PAWS is designed to detect airborne ballistic missiles and monitor orbiting satellites.
Massachusetts Air National Guard / Otis Air National Guard Base
102d Intelligence Wing (Air Combat Command)
101st Air Operations Squadron
202d Weather Flight
212th Engineering Installation Squadron
253d Cyber Engineering Installation Group
267th Combat Communications Squadron
Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 126th Aviation
Otis ANGB Fire Department
Massachusetts Army National Guard / Camp Edwards
Battle Simulation Center (BSC)
Camp Edwards Heliport
Environmental and Readiness Center (E&RC)
Live Fire Shoot House (under development)
Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Site Calero
Regional Training Institute, Headquarters, 101st Regiment (formerly Massachusetts Military Academy)
Officer Candidate School
Tactical Training Team
Tactical Training Base (TTB) Kelley
Training Support Center
Call For Fire Trainer (CFFT)
Indoor Simulated Weapons Training
Equipment Skills Trainer (EST)
Fire Arms Training System (FATS)
Leadership Reaction Course (LRC)
Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer (VCOT)
US Air Force
Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment
Cape Cod Air Force Station
PAVE PAWS (6th Space Warning Squadron)
US Air Force Auxiliary / Civil Air Patrol
Cape Cod Composite Squadron (NER MA 044)
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Army Environmental Command (Impact Area Groundwater Study Program)
US Department of Homeland Security
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
Atlantic Area Armory
Coast Guard First District - Northeast Regional Fisheries Training Center
Coast Guard Investigative Service
Communications Station Boston
Electronic Support Detachment Cape Cod
Marine Safety Detachment Cape Cod
Morale, Well-Being and Recreation Administration (MWR)Falcon Golf Course
Kaehler Memorial Medical Clinic (KMMC)
Port Security Unit 301
Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group (conducts its national Assessment & Selection program here annually)
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Massachusetts National Cemetery
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO Local 3004
American Red Cross / Cape Cod & Islands Chapter
JBCC Resource Center
Barnstable County Correctional Facility and Sheriff's Office
Cape Cod Collaborative
The Collaborative provides special education for students in 18 member districts on Cape Cod including the medically challenged and those needing occupational, speech and physical therapy. Its Transportation Division, Alternative Education Program, and Center for Executive Search are headquartered at JBCC in school facilities formerly administered and operated by the Town of Bourne.
Elder Services of Cape Cod & The Islands
Senior Environment Corps (Assists other base tenants on various environmental projects at JBCC, including air & water quality, energy & resource conservation, wildlife monitoring and mosquito control.)
Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Massachusetts Environmental Police
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Cape Cod Mosquito Control Program
Massachusetts Environmental Management Commission
Monitors military and other activities in the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve in the northern 15,000 acres of JBCC. The purpose of the commission is to ensure the permanent protection of the drinking water supply and wildlife habitat on the reserve.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
A portion of Camp Edwards is designated by MEMA as a Massachusetts Disaster Preparedness Shelter. Under emergency declarations affecting the Cape Cod & Islands region, buildings and barracks will be staffed by personnel from the American Red Cross, the Medical Response Team (MRC), the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and the State Animal Response Team (SMART).
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Southeast Region
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Boat Donation Program (Academy cadets, students and faculty refurbish donated vessels for annual sale, with proceeds benefiting the academy's various camp, educational, scholarship and training programs. Vessels under repair are stored at Camp Edwards)
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
NSTAR Electric / Bourne Switching Station
Through an easement, NSTAR maintains a transmission substation at the northern end of the base, which receives power lines from across the Cape Cod Canal and serves as a hub for all other power lines servicing the Cape and Islands.
Otis Fish & Game ClubWorks with Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife to coordinate annual controlled deer and turkey hunts within JBCC boundary.
Otis Memorial Elementary SchoolOperated by Town of Bourne to serve families of US Coast Guard servicemen and servicewomen residing on the base.
US Department of Agriculture / Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) & Plant Protection Quarantine (PPQ)
Pest Survey Detection and Exclusion Laboratory
US Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration / Cape TRACON (terminal radar approach control)
Provides control of IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) aircraft and normal VFR Radar Advisory as well as Radar Overwater Flight Following Service for aircraft traversing the Cape Cod and islands area
Research and Special Programs Administration
Otis Weather Test Facility (operated by the USDOT's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center)
US Geological Survey
Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology Research Site
Upper Cape Regional Transfer StationReceives municipal waste shipments via truck from the towns of Falmouth, Mashpee & Sandwich and consolidates them as railroad freight for transfer to the SEMASS waste-to-energy facility in Rochester, Massachusetts.
Upper Cape Regional Water CooperativeSupplies drinking water to the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee & Sandwich.
Contractors with on-base facilities and staff
Dynamic Science Inc., subsidiary of Exodyne, Inc.
Provides air traffic control and weather augmentation services to Otis Air National Guard Base and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod since 1999; maintains staffed facilities at JBCC.
Environmental Chemical Corporation
Conducts soil sampling, monitoring and analysis as a contractor to the US Environmental Protection Agency and multiple base entities; maintains a staffed on-site facility at JBCC.
Nobis Engineering Inc.
Providing Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) support and related construction management to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during ongoing environmental investigation, remediation, and restoration projects at JBCC.
