Fort Apache (hostile place)

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Outpost of a university compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, labeled Fort Apache by U.S. infantry.
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The "Fort Apache" precinct house at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx

Fort Apache is, metaphorically, a building, complex, or defensive site providing shelter from hostile action in the form of crime (in police and crime drama) or native insurrection or enemy attack (in John Ford movies).[1]

The metaphor is used by military and police to refer to a post which is beset or besieged. Recent examples may be found in Afghanistan and Iraq.[2] Another example is "Fort Apache, The Bronx", a name used in the past for the NYPD's 41st Precinct Station House at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx and the 1981 movie named for it.[3]

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