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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.
157th "Spartan" Infantry Brigade – Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Formerly the 87th Division's 5th Brigade. 174th "Patriot" Infantry Brigade – Joint Base Mcguire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey. Formerly the 78th Division's 2nd Brigade. 177th "Spear Head" Armored Brigade – Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Formerly the 87th Division's 3rd Brigade.
The Indiana National Guard consists of 14,000 soldiers and airmen, and maintains Army National Guard armories across the state, training facilities at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck, and Air National Guard wings at Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. During peacetime, the National Guard is commanded by the governor.
The 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry, "Predators," mobilized at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on 2 January 2003 and deployed to Kuwait in mid-February 2003. On D+5, the 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, was called on to move north to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (with the temporary attachment of Company A, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry), to ...
The Brigade Commander at the time was Colonel William F. Roy. In 2009, the brigade did a rotation at JRTC in Fort Polk, LA. In December 2009, the brigade was officially mobilized and to report to Camp Atterbury, IN. While in Indiana, the brigade trained and prepped for their future deployment to Afghanistan.
Edinburgh (/ ˈ ɛ d ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ /) is a town in Johnson, Bartholomew, and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 4,480 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbus, Indiana metropolitan statistical area.
The 157th Infantry Brigade is an active/reserve component (AC/RC) unit based at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve and National Guard units. The unit was activated using the assets of the 5th Brigade, 87th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of First Army Division East.
Moved to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on 28 March 1944. Staged at Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts on 10 October 1944. Was sent back to New York Port of Embarkation and sailed to England; Arrived in England, 17 November 1944, and trained for 19 days. Assigned 29 November 1944 to VIII Corps, First United States Army, 12th Army Group.