on post. 2007: Soldiers from the 35th Signal Battalion, 1st Mission Support Command, were deployed from Fort Allen to support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. 2011: The Fort Allen Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) was inaugurated and dedicated posthumously to the 6th Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard and founder of the Language Center at Fort Allen, Major General Salvador Padilla Escabi. Current use Since the Navy left Fort Allen in 1980 there's been no regular Active Duty military personnel assigned on post, but the Puerto Rico Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve do have permanent Active Guard Reserve personnel present. Fort Allen, while still a federally-owned facility, is operated by the Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG). Its mission is educational in scope and that of providing support to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard and Army Reserve units stationed in southern Puerto Rico. There is not a Commissary at Fort Allen but NGX operates a PX on base for authorized patrons. Units and tenant units Army National Guard 191st Regional Support Group 240th Military Police Company 192nd Support Battalion, C Company (Med) 105th Quartermaster Company 482nd Chemical Company 714th Quartermaster Company LTC Hernan G Pesquera U.S. Army Reserve Center LTC Hernan G. Pesquera United States Army Reserve Center (USARC) is located on 40 acres within the grounds of Fort Allen, Puerto Rico. This facility is named after Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel and federal judge Hernan Gregorio Pesquera. Units at the LTC Hernan G. Pesquera United States Army Reserve Center (USARC) United States Army Reserve 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 204 Transportation MDM Truck Company (POL 5K) (EAB LINEHAUL) 276th Maintenance Support Company Armed Forces Reserve Center On March 4, 2011 a Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) was inaugurated at Fort Allen to relocate the U.S. Army Reserve 8th Multifunctional of the 180th Division and retention office. The Puerto Rico Army National Guard 201st Regiment Multifunctional Training Brigade was located to the Fort Allen Armed Forces Reserve Center. A Unheated storage building was also built. It also has a fitness room, locker rooms, weapons simulator, classrooms and private offices and an armory/vault. The Fort Allen Armed Forces Reserve Center can accommodate 150 Guard and Reserve Soldiers on a rotating basis, 126 military personnel per weekend. This facility was dedicated posthumously to the 6th Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard