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Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logistical and training support for up to two brigade-sized elements simultaneously.
Edinburgh Correctional Facility [1] is a minimum-security work camp located in the middle of Camp Atterbury, [2] a military training camp near Edinburgh, Indiana.The inmates work on the grounds of Camp Atterbury and on road crews with the Indiana Department of Transportation and park maintenance with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Edinburgh was named in honor of Edinburgh, Scotland and for many years was pronounced the same way. Edinburgh is the home of Camp Atterbury, a National Guard training facility. The Big Blue River and Sugar Creek join to form the Driftwood River 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Edinburgh.
About 7,200 people have resettled across the U.S. after a Camp Atterbury stay. The base was one of several nationwide sites housing Afghan refugees.
A member of the Indiana Guard Reserve shakes hands with a JROTC cadet during the JROTC Cadet Leaders Course at Camp Atterbury. The purpose of any state defense force is to provide the governor of a state with a viable military force in case National Guard forces for that state have been mobilized into federal active service.
Installations of the United States Air Force in Indiana (4 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Indiana" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
In December 2007, the brigade was activated again to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The brigade trained for 1 month at Camp Atterbury, Indiana and then on 3 January 2008 moved to Fort Stewart, Georgia, to conduct an additional 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 months' training before deploying to Iraq. Once in Iraq, the Brigade HQ assumed duties of the Garrison ...
In June 1942 it was announced that a new airfield would be established near Camp Atterbury, a military training camp in south-central Indiana, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Columbus and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh. The 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) airfield was initially called the Columbus Air Support Command base. [1]