Fort Sherman (Located on the Atlantic side bordered by Limon Bay and the Caribbean Sea).

• Fort Sherman was home of the U.S. Army Jungle Operations Training Center since 1951, which trained U.S.-based combat units in jungle warfare and jungle survival (10 to 12 units per year since late 1970s); also provided similar training to small military units from several Latin America countries.
• 23,100 acres (mostly training areas) with seven barracks buildings, 67 units of family housing, warehouses, small cement dock, water recreation facilities, fire station, gymnasium, theater, chapel, gas station, fire station, community club, outdoor recreation fields and beach (Shimmey Beach), 2,775-foot limited runway, and extensive training areas covered by double canopy jungle with swamps, and river and ocean areas.
• Last unit to train at Fort Sherman: a unit of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
• Last commander: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Heaney, Jr.
• Inactivation ceremony held April 1, 1999.
• Market value of property: $60,800,000 (Replacement Cost in 1992 dollars--$174,000,000).

_{Fort Sherman, bounded on the left by Limon Bay across from Colon, was the site of Army jungle warfare and jungle survival training for almost five decades. Extensive triple-canopy jungle used for JOTC training is in the background (Photo by Capt. Robert A. Gaines; courtesy of William MacLaughlin's Canal Zone Images Web site; used with permission.)}

Past/current/planned use by Panama

• Eco-tourism complex. ARI (Panama's Interoceanic Region Authority) announced in late 1999 plans to solicit bids for development of an ecological-tourist complex at Fort Sherman and Fort San Lorenzo (old historic Spanish fort near Sherman) that would include hotels, a biodiversity research center, botanical gardens, and eco-observation centers.
• National Maritime Service personnel with fast boats and other equipment will be located at Sherman.