45-661: Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey ) is an American editor , artist , essayist , and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards , the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award , and the Bram Stoker Award , and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award . In 2010, Windling received
90-451: A Commedia dell'arte troupe. Since the early 1990s she has resided in Devon, England ; she divided her time between there and Tucson, Arizona , for many years. Windling is a close friend and neighbor of artists Wendy and Brian Froud , and has collaborated with them on several projects. The latter Young Adult shared-world series features the intersection of Elfland and human lands, which
135-594: A FORSCOM Power Projection Platform for the Northeastern United States under the command and control of the Army's Installation Management Command. Primary missions include training and providing regional base operations support to on-post and off-post active component and U.S. Army Reserve units, soldiers, families, and retirees. Fort Dix supported more than 1.1 million man-days of training in 1998. More than 13,500 persons, on average, live or work within
180-521: A captain and the Army a colonel). The commanders of both Fort Dix and Lakehurst serve also as deputy joint base commanders. Construction began in June 1917. Camp Dix, as it was known at the time, was a training and staging ground for units during World War I . Though the camp was an embarkation camp for the New York Port of Embarkation , it did not fall under the direct control of that command, with
225-412: A commercial flight from San Antonio, Texas, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, every few weeks was eventually realized to be not cost effective, so the school was later moved back to Camp Bullis. Fort Dix was an early casualty of the first base realignment and closure process in the early 1990s, after having lost its traditional basic-training mission, but advocates attracted Army Reserve interest in keeping
270-454: A family taking the same choice: North Hanover Township School District (PK-6), Northern Burlington County Regional School District (7-12), and Pemberton Township School District (K-12). The Pemberton district operates Fort Dix Elementary School, located on-post. In prior years, Pemberton was the sole school district for Fort Dix. In 1988, 23% of the students in that district were from military families. In 1997, plans were made to shift
315-531: A general court-marital on serious charges. Most had their charges dropped entirely, while nine faced a special court-martial, the military equivalent of misdemeanor court. Four of those were convicted of misdemeanor participation in a riot and the other five acquitted. Of the five singled out for general courts-martial, one was acquitted completely while four were discharged with varying sentences including hard labor. In 1957, during their leisure hours, Specialist 4 Steven Goodman, assisted by PFC Stuart Scherr, made
360-850: A leading company in the development of English Commedia , Ophaboom was profiled in the book Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes by John Rudlin and Olly Crick (Routledge Publisher, London and New York, 2001). Rudlin and Crick examined the company's history, evolution, and working methods, placing their work in context alongside European Commedia masters such as Carlo Boso and Antonio Fava. Ophaboom's contributions to English Commedia have been further documented in New Theatre Quarterly 67 , edited by Clive Barker and Simon Trussler (Cambridge University Press, 2001); Shakespeare Survey 50 edited by Stanley Wells (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and Faust: Icon of Modern Culture by Osman Durrani (Helms Information Ltd., UK, 2004). Current members of
405-467: A small clay model of a charging infantryman. Their tabletop model was spotted by a public-relations officer, who brought it to the attention of Deputy Post Commander Bruce Clarke, who suggested the construction of a larger statue to serve as a symbol of Fort Dix. Goodman and Scherr, who had studied industrial arts together in New York City and were classified by the Army as illustrators , undertook
450-684: A training and staging ground during the war and a demobilization center after the war. After victory in Europe, arrangements were made to return prisoners of war to their home countries. 154 Soviet citizens who had been captured in German uniform were brought from Camp Ruston in Louisiana to Fort Dix in preparation for their return. On 29 June 1945, having learned of the plan, they rioted, attempting to provoke their guards to shoot them. Three hanged themselves. Seven proved they were not Soviet citizens, and
495-433: A two-star general. Presently, it serves as a joint training site for all military components and all services. In 2009, Fort Dix and the adjacent Air Force and Naval facilities were consolidated into a single secure facility, called Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The supporting component is the U.S. Air Force, and base operations are executed by the 87th Air Base Wing , which provides installation management to all of
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#1732797824976540-479: Is an English physical theatre company specializing in creating and performing contemporary works in the Italian Commedia dell'Arte tradition. Drawing on Medieval theatre and the origins of Commedia, Ophaboom set out with the self-stated aim of creating "a popular (and politically topical) style of theatre that would resonate with a modern audience, in the manner of Medieval strolling players." Although
585-487: Is generally populated by teenagers, runaways, and exiles. Primary series writers are Ellen Kushner , Charles de Lint, Midori Snyder , Emma Bull , and Will Shetterly. The series consists of five anthologies and three novels to date. Fort Dix, New Jersey Fort Dix , the common name for the Army Support Activity (ASA) located at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst , is a United States Army post. It
630-700: Is located 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey . Fort Dix is under the jurisdiction of the Air Force Air Mobility Command . As of the 2020 U.S. census , Fort Dix census-designated place (CDP) had a total population of 7,716, of which 5,951 were in New Hanover Township , 1,765 were in Pemberton Township , and none were in Springfield Township (though portions of
675-622: Is the founder of the Endicott Studio , an organization dedicated to myth-inspired arts, and was the co-editor with Midori Snyder of The Journal of Mythic Arts from 1987 until it ceased publication in 2008. She also sits on the board of the Mythic Imagination Institute . In September 2008, Windling married Howard Gayton, a British dramatist and co-founder of the Ophaboom Theatre Company ,
720-675: The Snow White, Blood Red series of literary fairy tales for adult readers, as well as many anthologies of myth & fairy tale inspired fiction for younger readers, such as The Green Man , The Faery Reel , and The Wolf at the Door . Windling also created and edited the Borderland series for teenage readers, and The Armless Maiden , a fiction collection intended for adult survivors of child abuse like herself. As an author, Windling's fiction includes The Wood Wife (1996), winner of
765-530: The 317 route. The U.S. Census Bureau lists "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" in Burlington County as having its own school district. Students attend area school district public schools, as the Department of Defense Education Activity does not operate any schools on that base. Students on McGuire and Dix may attend one of the following in their respective grade levels, with all siblings in
810-592: The Mythopoeic Award for Novel of the Year, and several children's books: The Raven Queen , The Changeling , A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale , The Winter Child , and The Faeries of Spring Cottage . Her essays on myth, folklore, magical literature and art have been widely published in newsstand magazines, academic journals, art books, and anthologies. She was a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales , edited by Jack Zipes . In May 2016, Windling gave
855-699: The SFWA Solstice Award , which honors "individuals with a significant impact on the speculative fiction field". Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Lithuanian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, and Korean. Terri Windling was born on December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey . She was raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She attended Antioch College , graduating in 1979. After college, she moved to New York and worked in publishing as an editor and an artist. In
900-533: The U.S. Census Bureau , Fort Dix had a total area of 10.389 square miles (26.909 km ), of which 0.127 square mile (0.329 km ) is covered by water (1.22%). The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification , Fort Dix has a humid subtropical climate , Cfa on climate maps. The 2010 United States census counted 7,716 people, 784 households, and 590 families in
945-463: The U.S. Coast Guard is based at Fort Dix. As part of the Department of Homeland Security , the AST is responsible for responding to oil-pollution and hazardous-materials release incidents to protect public health and the environment. Fort Dix is also home to Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution , the largest single federal prison. It is a low-security installation for male inmates located within
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#1732797824976990-689: The War Department retaining direct jurisdiction. The camp became a demobilization center after the war. Between the World Wars, Camp Dix was a reception, training, and discharge center for the Civilian Conservation Corps . Camp Dix became Fort Dix on 8 March 1939, and the installation became a permanent Army post. During and after World War II, the fort served the same purpose as in the First World War, serving as
1035-499: The military stockade rioted. The prisoners called it a rebellion and cited grievances including "unsanitary conditions", overcrowding, starvation, beatings, being chained to chairs, forced confessions and participation in an unjust war. The Army initially called it a "disturbance" caused by a small number of "instigators" and "troublemakers", but soon charged 38 soldiers with riot and inciting to riot. The antiwar movement, which had been increasingly recognizing and supporting resistance to
1080-514: The 31,000-acre (13,000 ha) post as a training reservation. With the reserves, and millions of dollars for improvements, Fort Dix has grown again to employ 3,000. As many as 15,000 troops train there on weekends, and the post has been a major mobilization point for reserve and National Guard troops since the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Fort Dix has completed its realignment from an individual training center to
1125-597: The American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary creative forces behind the mythic fiction resurgence that began in the early 1980s, through her work as an innovative editor for the Ace and Tor Books fantasy lines and as the editor of more than thirty anthologies of magical fiction. She created the Fairy Tale Series of novels that reinterpret classic fairy tales . She is also recognized as one of
1170-474: The CDP are included there). Established in 1917, Fort Dix was in 2009 combined with adjoining U.S. Air Force and Navy facilities to become Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) in 2009. However, it remains commonly known as "Fort Dix", "ASA Dix", or "Dix". During 2015 to 2016, Colonel Shelley Balderson was commander, making her the first female commander of Fort Dix in the base's century-long history. Fort Dix
1215-459: The CDP. The population density was 751.9 per square mile (290.3/km ). There were 898 housing units at an average density of 87.5 per square mile (33.8/km ). The racial makeup was 52.57% (4,056) White , 34.47% (2,660) Black or African American , 0.67% (52) Native American , 1.91% (147) Asian , 0.30% (23) Pacific Islander , 6.07% (468) from other races , and 4.02% (310) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.47% (1,657) of
1260-678: The aid of Arts Council England , they tour extensively throughout the British Isles; they also regularly tour across continental Europe, performing in seven languages. They were the first English company to appear at the Medieval Festival in Le Puy–en–Velay, and have been invited four times to bring their English brand of Commedia to the Carnival of Venice . They have also toured as far afield as North America and Korea. As
1305-616: The auspices of Goodman and the Fort Dix chapter of the Association of the United States Army , the statue was recast in bronze and its concrete base was replaced by black granite . The statue stands 25 feet tall at the entrance to Infantry Park. Its inscription reads This monument is dedicated to the only indispensable instrument of war, The American Soldier— The Ultimate Weapon "If they are not there, you don't own it." 17 August 1990 According to
1350-679: The end of the war and carried out their mustering out and discharges. Dix has a history of mobilizing, training, and demobilizing soldiers from as early as World War I through April 2015, when Fort Bliss and Fort Hood in Texas assumed full responsibility for that mission. In 1978, the first female recruits entered basic training at Fort Dix. In 1991, Dix trained Kuwaiti civilians in basic military skills so they could take part in their country's liberation . Dix ended its active U.S. Army training mission in 1991 due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, which ended its command by
1395-440: The founders of urban fantasy , having published and promoted the first novels of Charles de Lint , Emma Bull , and other pioneers of the genre. With Ellen Datlow , Windling edited 16 volumes of Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (1986–2003), an anthology that reached beyond the boundaries of genre fantasy to incorporate magic realism , surrealism, poetry, and other forms of magical literature. Datlow and Windling also edited
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1440-497: The fourth annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford , speaking on the topic of fantasy literature in the post-Tolkien era. In 2020, she announced the establishment of a publishing company, Bumblehill Press. As an artist, Windling specializes in work inspired by myth , folklore , and fairy tales. Her art has been exhibited across the US, as well as in the UK and France. Windling
1485-819: The garrison and its tenant organizations. Devens Reserve Force Training Area in Massachusetts is a subinstallation of the ASA. In 2005, the US Department of Defense announced that Fort Dix would be affected by a base realignment and closure. For base operations support, it became part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , N.J. It was the first base of its kind in the United States and is the Department of Defense's only three-service joint base. ASA, Fort Dix occupies and supports all training across 31,000 of
1530-572: The group's Greenwich Village , New York City, townhouse, killing three members of the group. On 8 May 2007, six individuals, mostly ethnic Albanian Muslims, were arrested for plotting an attack against Fort Dix and the soldiers within. The men are believed to be Islamic radicals who may have been inspired by the ideologies of al-Qaeda . The men allegedly planned to storm the base with automatic weapons in an attempt to kill as many soldiers as possible. The men faced charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. soldiers. On 5 June 1969, 250 men imprisoned in
1575-554: The joint base while both the Navy and Army retain command and control of their missions, personnel, equipment, and component-specific services. Neither the Navy nor the Army base is subordinate to the Joint Base; each is simply supported by the joint base in base operations such as utilities, child-care centers, gyms, and other services, but each one reports through its own service-specific command chain and has its own commander (the Navy
1620-548: The joint base's 42,000 acres. In 1970, the Weather Underground planned to detonate a nail bomb at a noncommissioned officers' dance at the base to "bring the war home" and "give the United States and the rest of the world a sense that this country was going to be completely unlivable if the United States continued in Vietnam ." The plot failed the morning of the dance, when a bomb under construction exploded at
1665-482: The military installation. As of 19 November 2009, it housed 4,310 inmates, and a minimum-security satellite camp housed an additional 426. Knowing that Fort Dix was on a base closure list, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) attempted to save the U.S. Army post during 1987. The USAF moved the Security Police (SP) Air Base Ground Defense school from Camp Bullis , Texas, to Dix in fall 1987. Putting 50–100 SP trainees on
1710-597: The population were under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 50.2% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 2.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 522.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 757.5 males. New Jersey Route 68 links Fort Dix to U.S. Route 206 near the latter's interchanges with the New Jersey Turnpike , U.S. Route 130 , and Interstate 295 . New Jersey Transit provides service to and from Philadelphia on
1755-415: The population. Of the 784 households, 59.1% had children under the age of 18; 63.8% were married couples living together; 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.7% were non-families. Of all households, 15.1% were made up of individuals and 0.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.56. 12.1% of
1800-401: The project under the management of Sergeant Major Bill Wright. Operating on a limited budget, and using old railroad track, Bondo , and other available items, they created a 12-foot figure of a charging infantryman in full battle dress, representing no particular race or ethnicity. By 1988, years of weather had taken a toll on the statue, and a restoration campaign raised over $ 100,000. Under
1845-658: The rest were shipped out on 31 August. On 15 July 1947, Fort Dix became a basic-training center and the home of the 9th Infantry Division . In 1954, the 9th moved out and the 69th Infantry Division made the fort home until it was deactivated on 16 March 1956. During the Vietnam War , rapid expansion took place. A mock Vietnamese village was constructed, and soldiers received Vietnam-specific training before being deployed. Since Vietnam, Fort Dix has sent soldiers to Operation Desert Shield , Desert Storm , Bosnia , Afghanistan , and Iraq . The Atlantic Strike Team (AST) of
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1890-631: The students, numbering around 700, to North Hanover schools. Pemberton school officials were against that move. Fort Dix is the home base setting in Cinemaware 's 1988 C64 and Nintendo video game Rocket Ranger ; the game is based on an alternate World War II scenario, wherein the Nazis discover lunarium, which could allow them to win the war unless a young American scientist stops them. Ophaboom Theatre Company The Ophaboom Theatre Company , founded in 1991 by Geoff Beale and Howard Gayton,
1935-454: The troupe performs in traditional theatre spaces, they also set up their trestle stage on street corners, in village halls, in bowling alleys and many other less conventional venues, with the stated intention of "bringing theatre to audiences who might not otherwise go to see it." Although nominally based in London, Ophaboom--like Commedia companies of old--is primarily a touring company. With
1980-405: The war within the military, quickly moved to defend the rebels/rioters and those the Army singled out for punishment. Soon the slogan "Free the Fort Dix 38 " was heard in antiwar speeches, written about in underground newspapers and leaflets, and demonstrations were planned. Due to public backlash against the military's treatment of the prisoners, only five of the original 38 were brought before
2025-694: Was established on 16 July 1917, as Camp Dix, named in honor of Major General John Adams Dix , a veteran of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War , and a former U.S. Senator , U.S. Secretary of the Treasury , and Governor of New York . Camp Dix was home to the 153rd Depot Brigade. The role of World War I depot brigades was to receive recruits and draftees, then organize them and provide them with uniforms, equipment, and initial military training. Depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at
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