### Question
How is the term military installation defined?


### Answer
The term **military installation** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 483* as the following:

> a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 483*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 23-MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS**

