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Marines with Regimental Combat Team 7, call in close air support from an Indiana National Guard A-10 Warthog during “Spartan Resolve,” a pre-deployment exercise, May 5. The exercise, which occurred at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, combines a regimental command post exercise and field training to prepare the Marines for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe) Marines from the personnel security detail of Regimental Combat Team 7, out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif. prepare to clear a room while conducting close quarters battle training during Exercise Spartan Resolve at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center May 11. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Marines with Regimental Combat Team 7 navigate through a flooded off-road trail during a rough terrain driving exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint maneuver Training Center May 3. The exercise, a part of “Spartan Resolve,” trained the Marines to maneuver through difficult and treacherous terrain designed to simulate Afghanistan’s driving surfaces. Spartan Resolve is a pre-deployment exercise designed to prepare Marines and sailors for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe) Officer Candidate Ritchey Moore tightens his 35-pound ruck sack in preparation for a 10-mile march known as the Reaper Ruck march May 6 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Officer Candidates must complete the march within three hours and 30 minutes before they can graduate the Officer Candidate School’s 18-month program. Nine senior Officer Candidates along with the junior class and their family and friends begin the 10-mile march known as the Reaper Ruck march May 6, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Officer Candidates must complete the march within three hours and 30 minutes before they can graduate the Officer Candidate School’s 18-month program. More than 110 Soldiers and Airmen were awarded the Air Assault Badge at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center April 27 after completing the grueling 10-day Air Assault Course here. (U.S. Army Photo Submission) Soldiers at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center negotiate several obstacles during the confidence course portion of “zero day” during an Air Assault Course being conducted here April 17-27. Students have to make it through a series of grueling and physically exhausting events on zero day in order to continue on in the course. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) In the final event of the rappelling portion of the Air Assault Course held at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center April 17-27, students rappelled out of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from roughly 90 feet in the air. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Firemen from St. Joseph county, Ind., fight a trailer fire during the Indiana Department of Homeland Security emergency response exercise Tornado Alley at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 26. (photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Staggs, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Members of the Lafayette, Ind., Fire Department carry a mock victim to safety as a bus burns in the background at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 24 during the Indiana Department of Homeland Security emergency response exercise Tornado Alley. (photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Staggs Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Members of the Lafayette, Ind., Fire Department try to reach a mock victim on a burning oil refinery platform at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 24, during the Indiana Department of Homeland Security emergency response exercise Tornado Alley. (photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Staggs Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Terry Whittaker, from Franklin, Ind., hands out books to Pfc. Caleb Charron, from Clinton, Mo., and 1st Lt. John Wade, from Ozark, Mo, both with security forces for the Missouri Agribusiness Development Team during the World Book Night event Apr. 23, at the USO at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. He donated more than 70 books to the USO in support of the event. (Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Terry Whittaker, from Franklin, Ind., explains the significance of the book he is holding to Pfc. Caleb Charron, from Clinton, Mo., and 1st Lt. John Wade, from Ozark, Mo, both with the Missouri Agribusiness Development Team during the World Book Night event at the USO at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Apr. 23.(Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Soldiers at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center negotiate several obstacles during the confidence course portion of “zero day” during an Air Assault Course being conducted here April 17-27. The first day of Air Assault is called zero day because students have to make it through a series of grueling and physically exhausting events in order to even make to the first day of actual air assault training. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs)
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Dombey, unit mobilization assistant with 205th Infantry Brigade, Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, drags his tired body through dirt and sand during the confidence course portion of “zero day” during an Air Assault Course being conducted here April 17-27. The first day of Air Assault is called zero day because students have to make it through a series of grueling and physically exhausting events in order to even make to the first day of actual air assault training. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Rickard, of Columbus, Ohio, with 3rd Battalion, 338th Combat Support Combat Services Support, 157th Infantry Brigade,, scores his target after firing an M9 9mm pistol at Camp Atterbury joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Apr. 16. Rickard and Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion 338th were rehearsing the program of instruction for marksmanship training for Soldiers with Agribusiness Development Teams and peacekeeping duty in Kosovo. (Photo by Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) 1st Lt. Blaine Gellert, of Brookville, Ind., Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Rickard, of Columbus, Ohio, and Sgt. 1st Class William Pedigo, of Whitehouse, Tenn., all with 3rd Battalion, 338th Combat Support Combat Services Support, 157th Infantry Brigade, engage targets with M9 pistols at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Apr. 16. The Soldiers were rehearsing the program of instruction for marksmanship training for Soldiers with Agribusiness Development Teams and peacekeeping duty in Kosovo. (Photo by Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, Indiana National Guard Adjutant General, speaks to Indiana Bar Association Leadership Development Academy students about leadership and the role of the Indiana National Guard April 13, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex in southern Indiana. (photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Staggs) The Indiana Bar Association Leadership Development Academy students pose for a class photo with Indiana National Guard pilots and crew prior to taking a flight on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on April 12, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex in southern Indiana. (photo by David Bonnell) Rod Hammerand, by pseudonym of Mr. Hollywood, a World War II reenactor portrays an American infantryman and portals the area for mock German forces during the Living History Reenacting Association Spring National Event at Camp Atterbury Joint Manuever Training Center April 16. (Photo by Sgt. Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) A refurbished World War II Sherman Tank leads the charge against mock German forces during the Living History Reenacting Association Spring National Event at Camp Atterbury Joint Manuever Training Center April 16. (Photo by Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs)
Girl Scouts from troops 146 and 441 of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana visited the Camp Atterbury Recycling Center April 13 to learn some of the things the post does to ensure its responsibility as a good steward to the environment. While they were there, they were given the opportunity to work a compactor to crush steel barrels and prepare them for recycling. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Riley Helms, a 10 year old girls scout who has been in the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana for half her life, helps form an assembly line to unload a truck full of girl scout cookies being donated to Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Taining Center April 9. Roughly 2,000 cases of Girl Scout Cookies were donated to Atterbury by Girl Scouts of Central Indiana as part of Operation Cookie Drop, a nationwide Girl Scouts of America program that donates cookies to servicemembers around the world. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Hayley Coffey, from Morgantown, Ind., a case manager for Civilian Expeditionary Workforce donates blood during a Red Cross blood drive at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center Mar. 29. (Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) Icaveb Creech, from Lafayette, Ind., a freshman Army ROTC cadet at Purdue University front, and Justin Bontrager from Goshen, Ind., a freshman Army ROTC cadet at Indiana University, clear a room using paintball guns during a two-day Combined Field Training Exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center Mar. 31. The cadets participated in tactical movement training, rappelling, clearing buildings, day and night land navigation, and several other critical skill-set training exercises which are designed to mentally and physically challenge the cadets. (Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs) |
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The Marines have landed! Training at Camp Atterbury focuses on improving operations
posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:23 AM | 
Marines from Regimental Combat Team 7 out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif. came to Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in early May for Exercise Spartan Resolve to train for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan later this year.
click here to read more... | IDHS Wraps Up Training at MUTC
posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 12:49 PM | 
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security conducted the exercise Tornado Alley at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 23 - 26 to test the ability of Indiana police, firefighters, emergency response personnel and Soldiers in the aftermath of an EF-5 tornado.
click here to read more... | AIR ASSAULT! Warrior Training Center brings course to Camp Atterbury
posted on Friday, April 27, 2012 4:25 PM | 
After 10 days of having their minds, bodies and collective resolve put to the test during the Air Assault Course at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, over 100 Soldiers and Airmen were awarded the prestigious Air Assault Badge here April 27.
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