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- Blue Grass Army Depot vs Fort Knox
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- Buckley Space Force Base vs Fort Carson
- Buckley Space Force Base vs Hill Air Force Base
- Buckley Space Force Base vs Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Buckley Space Force Base vs Ellsworth Air Force Base
- Buckley Space Force Base vs F.E. Warren Space Force Base
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- Camp Lejeune vs Fort Bragg
- Camp Lejeune vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Camp Lejeune vs MCAS Cherry Point
- Camp Lejeune vs MCRD Parris Island
- Camp Lejeune vs MCAS New River
- Camp Pendleton vs Joint Base Lewis-McChord
- Camp Pendleton vs Naval Base San Diego
- Camp Pendleton vs Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
- Camp Pendleton vs Marine Corps Base Hawaii
- Camp Pendleton vs Naval Base Coronado
- Camp Pendleton vs MCAS Miramar
- Cannon Air Force Base vs Kirtland Air Force Base
- Cannon Air Force Base vs Sheppard Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station vs Patrick Space Force Base
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- Carlisle Barracks vs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Carlisle Barracks vs Tobyhanna Army Depot
- Columbus Air Force Base vs Keesler Air Force Base
- Columbus Air Force Base vs Maxwell Air Force Base
- Columbus Air Force Base vs NAS Meridian
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base vs Luke Air Force Base
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base vs Fort Bliss
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base vs Fort Huachuca
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base vs Kirtland Air Force Base
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base vs MCAS Yuma
- Detroit Arsenal vs Selfridge Air National Guard Base
- Detroit Arsenal vs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Dover Air Force Base vs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Dover Air Force Base vs Joint Base Andrews
- Dyess Air Force Base vs Sheppard Air Force Base
- Dyess Air Force Base vs Fort Cavazos
- Dyess Air Force Base vs Goodfellow Air Force Base
- Edwards Air Force Base vs Nellis Air Force Base
- Edwards Air Force Base vs Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Nellis Air Force Base
- Eglin Air Force Base vs MacDill Air Force Base
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Tyndall Air Force Base
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Patrick Space Force Base
- Eglin Air Force Base vs Hurlburt Field
- Ellsworth Air Force Base vs Minot Air Force Base
- Ellsworth Air Force Base vs F.E. Warren Space Force Base
- Ellsworth Air Force Base vs Grand Forks Air Force Base
- F.E. Warren Space Force Base vs Malmstrom Air Force Base
- Fairchild Air Force Base vs Naval Base Kitsap
- Fairchild Air Force Base vs Minot Air Force Base
- Fairchild Air Force Base vs Mountain Home Air Force Base
- Fort Belvoir vs Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Fort Belvoir vs Fort Meade
- Fort Belvoir vs West Point
- Fort Belvoir vs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Fort Belvoir vs NAS Patuxent River
- Fort Belvoir vs Fort Detrick
- Fort Belvoir vs Joint Base Andrews
- Fort Belvoir vs Naval Support Activity Bethesda
- Fort Benning vs Fort Stewart
- Fort Benning vs Fort Bragg
- Fort Benning vs Fort Jackson
- Fort Benning vs Robins Air Force Base
- Fort Benning vs Fort Novosel
- Fort Benning vs Redstone Arsenal
- Fort Benning vs Fort Eisenhower
- Fort Bliss vs Fort Cavazos
- Fort Bliss vs Fort Carson
- Fort Bliss vs Joint Base San Antonio
- Fort Bliss vs Fort Huachuca
- Fort Bliss vs Kirtland Air Force Base
- Fort Bragg vs Fort Campbell
- Fort Bragg vs Fort Cavazos
- Fort Bragg vs Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Fort Bragg vs Fort Jackson
- Fort Bragg vs Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
- Fort Campbell vs Fort Cavazos
- Fort Campbell vs Fort Drum
- Fort Campbell vs Fort Knox
- Fort Campbell vs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Fort Carson vs Joint Base Lewis-McChord
- Fort Carson vs Fort Cavazos
- Fort Carson vs Fort Riley
- Fort Carson vs Nellis Air Force Base
- Fort Carson vs Hill Air Force Base
- Fort Carson vs Peterson Space Force Base
- Fort Carson vs Schriever Space Force Base
- Fort Cavazos vs Joint Base San Antonio
- Fort Cavazos vs Fort Sill
- Fort Cavazos vs Tinker Air Force Base
- Fort Cavazos vs Fort Johnson
- Fort Detrick vs Fort Meade
- Fort Drum vs Joint Base Lewis-McChord
- Fort Drum vs West Point
- Fort Eisenhower vs Fort Jackson
- Fort Gregg-Adams vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Fort Gregg-Adams vs Joint Base Langley-Eustis
- Fort Hamilton vs West Point
- Fort Hamilton vs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Fort Irwin vs Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
- Fort Irwin vs Nellis Air Force Base
- Fort Irwin vs Yuma Proving Ground
- Fort Jackson vs Joint Base Charleston
- Fort Jackson vs Shaw Air Force Base
- Fort Knox vs Fort Leonard Wood
- Fort Knox vs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Fort Leavenworth vs Fort Riley
- Fort Leavenworth vs Fort Leonard Wood
- Fort Leonard Wood vs Fort Riley
- Fort Leonard Wood vs Scott Air Force Base
- Fort Leonard Wood vs Whiteman Air Force Base
- Fort McCoy vs Naval Station Great Lakes
- Fort McCoy vs Minot Air Force Base
- Fort Meade vs Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Fort Meade vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Fort Meade vs NAS Patuxent River
- Fort Meade vs Joint Base Andrews
- Fort Meade vs Naval Support Activity Bethesda
- Fort Novosel vs Maxwell Air Force Base
- Fort Riley vs Fort Sill
- Fort Riley vs Offutt Air Force Base
- Fort Riley vs Minot Air Force Base
- Fort Sill vs Tinker Air Force Base
- Fort Sill vs Sheppard Air Force Base
- Fort Sill vs Little Rock Air Force Base
- Fort Stewart vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- Fort Stewart vs Robins Air Force Base
- Fort Wainwright vs Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
- Fort Wainwright vs Minot Air Force Base
- Goodfellow Air Force Base vs Laughlin Air Force Base
- Grand Forks Air Force Base vs Minot Air Force Base
- Hanscom Air Force Base vs Naval Station Newport
- Hanscom Air Force Base vs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Hanscom Air Force Base vs Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- Hill Air Force Base vs Nellis Air Force Base
- Hill Air Force Base vs Mountain Home Air Force Base
- Hurlburt Field vs Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Joint Base Charleston vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- Joint Base Charleston vs MCRD Parris Island
- Joint Base Charleston vs Shaw Air Force Base
- Joint Base Charleston vs MCAS Beaufort
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson vs Joint Base Lewis-McChord
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson vs Naval Base Kitsap
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson vs Schofield Barracks
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson vs Minot Air Force Base
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis vs Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis vs NAS Oceana
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord vs Naval Base Kitsap
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord vs NAS Whidbey Island
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst vs West Point
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst vs Naval Station Newport
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst vs Picatinny Arsenal
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst vs Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
- Joint Base San Antonio vs NAS Corpus Christi
- Joint Base San Antonio vs Laughlin Air Force Base
- Keesler Air Force Base vs Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Keesler Air Force Base vs Maxwell Air Force Base
- Keesler Air Force Base vs NAS Meridian
- Los Angeles Air Force Base vs Naval Base San Diego
- Los Angeles Air Force Base vs Naval Base Ventura County
- Luke Air Force Base vs Nellis Air Force Base
- MacDill Air Force Base vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- Malmstrom Air Force Base vs Minot Air Force Base
- Marine Corps Base Hawaii vs Schofield Barracks
- Marine Corps Base Quantico vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Maxwell Air Force Base vs Redstone Arsenal
- Maxwell Air Force Base vs Robins Air Force Base
- MCAS Beaufort vs MCRD Parris Island
- MCAS Cherry Point vs Naval Station Norfolk
- MCAS Cherry Point vs Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
- MCAS Cherry Point vs MCAS New River
- MCAS Miramar vs Naval Base San Diego
- MCAS Yuma vs Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
- MCAS Yuma vs Yuma Proving Ground
- MCLB Albany vs Robins Air Force Base
- MCLB Albany vs Moody Air Force Base
- Moody Air Force Base vs Robins Air Force Base
- Moody Air Force Base vs Naval Air Station Jacksonville
- NAS Corpus Christi vs Naval Air Station Pensacola
- NAS Fallon vs Nellis Air Force Base
- NAS Lemoore vs Travis Air Force Base
- NAS Oceana vs Naval Station Norfolk
- NAS Whidbey Island vs Naval Base Kitsap
- NAS Whidbey Island vs Naval Station Everett
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville vs Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville vs Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville vs Patrick Space Force Base
- Naval Air Station Pensacola vs Tyndall Air Force Base
- Naval Base Coronado vs Naval Base San Diego
- Naval Base Kitsap vs Schofield Barracks
- Naval Base Kitsap vs Naval Submarine Base New London
- Naval Base Kitsap vs Naval Station Everett
- Naval Base San Diego vs Naval Station Norfolk
- Naval Base San Diego vs Travis Air Force Base
- Naval Base San Diego vs Naval Base Ventura County
- Naval Base Ventura County vs Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Naval Base Ventura County vs Presidio of Monterey
- Naval Station Great Lakes vs Scott Air Force Base
- Naval Station Great Lakes vs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Naval Station Great Lakes vs Rock Island Arsenal
- Naval Station Newport vs Naval Submarine Base New London
- Naval Station Newport vs Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- Naval Station Newport vs Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
- Naval Station Norfolk vs Naval Submarine Base New London
- Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay vs Naval Submarine Base New London
- Nellis Air Force Base vs Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
- Nellis Air Force Base vs Travis Air Force Base
- Offutt Air Force Base vs Scott Air Force Base
- Peterson Space Force Base vs Schriever Space Force Base
- Picatinny Arsenal vs West Point
- Picatinny Arsenal vs Tobyhanna Army Depot
- Presidio of Monterey vs Travis Air Force Base
- Rock Island Arsenal vs Scott Air Force Base
- Scott Air Force Base vs Whiteman Air Force Base
- Selfridge Air National Guard Base vs Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Sheppard Air Force Base vs Tinker Air Force Base
- Tinker Air Force Base vs Vance Air Force Base
- Travis Air Force Base vs Vandenberg Space Force Base
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