Camp Ibis. Mojave Desert — 1942. Part of the Desert Training Center during World War II. This empty ground was once a temporary city of canvas tents, engines, and marching boots. Thousands of soldiers trained here before deployment to North Africa. What remains are rock outlines — tent pads, walkways, organization imposed on open desert.The structures are gone. The geometry stays. Today it’s wind, gravel, and wildflowers. #ww2 #mojave #desert #CampIBIS | Garret Baquet

Camp Ibis Reservoir • Established in 1942 as part of the Desert Training Center under George S. Patton • Located in the eastern Mojave Desert near present-day Needles • This reservoir supported thousands of soldiers training for North Africa during World War II • In this terrain, water determined everything — logistics, movement, survival • Today the concrete and earth remain, exposed to sun and wind, a quiet trace of a temporary army • Filmed on location as real-time field documentation • Part