Hawthorne Army Depot

Hawthorne Army Depot, also called Area 2, is a military base in southwest Nevada, mentioned by the Boomers and Cass.

Background
Located 250 miles northwest of Las Vegas along Highway 95, the depot was established in 1930 as Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne (Hawthorne NAD). Sometime between then and the Great War, command of this facility was transferred to the Department of the Army.

According to Pete at Nellis Air Force Base, Area 2 was a huge military depot in Nevada, located many miles away from the Nellis AFB. The Boomers obtained their Howitzers and ammunition for them from it, dragging them across the Wasteland to Nellis AFB over several weeks. Cass identifies the weapons as originating from the Hawthorne Army Depot, a military base with a lot of history.

Appearances
The Hawthorne Army Depot is mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
Hawthorne Army Depot is based on the real world location of Hawthorne Army Depot, a U.S. Army ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada. The area is located 18 miles southeast of Area 51 and is part of Nellis Air Force Base. Area 2 is the site of 144 test launches comprising of 169 detonations to date.