PA National Guard Cuts Ribbon on 23 New facilities and Ranges at Fort Indiantown Gap
INDIANTOWN GAP—
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Pennsylvania National Guard today dedicated 23 new facilities and ranges at the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard training site, Annville, to support the training of the 28th Infantry Division’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, other Guard units, and personnel that use the training site.
“It took a tremendous team effort to make all of these facilities and ranges a possibility,” said Maj. Gen. Jessica L. Wright, state adjutant general. “These projects make Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center viable now and vital in the future.”
The training site, which is the headquarters of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, stretches 17,000 acres across northern Lebanon and Dauphin counties. More than 137,000 military personnel, law enforcement agents and civilians from across the nation receive training on the installation annually.
“Fort Indiantown Gap is one of the busiest National Guard Training centers in the country,” said Lt. Col. Grey Berrier, commander of the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Site. “With state-of-the-art training facilities, we are always looking for ways to better serve our citizen-soldiers, as evidenced by the construction of new facilities as well as the ongoing renovations of existing facilities.”
In 2006, Fort Indiantown Gap was awarded more than $150 million for construction projects, beginning the largest single year of investment for the training site since World War II.
The 12 Stryker Brigade Combat Team construction projects are:
Battalion Training Complex - $22 million
Battle Command Training Center - $4.5 million
Combined Arms Collective Training Facility - $11 million
Infantry Squad Battle Course - $2.9 million
Live Fire Shoot House - $2.3 million
Modified Record Fire Range - $3 million
Multi-Purpose Grenade Range - $4.9 million
Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range - $4.2 million
Sniper Field Fire Range - $3.2 million
Unmanned Aerial System Training Facility - $2.6 million
