March 2018 live-fire exercises at Fort Indiantown Gap

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig | Fort Indiantown Gap hosts artillery training for Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard and across the nation April 11, 2017. Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania, offering more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training. It annually supports 20,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 120,000 additional personnel from other branches of service, interagency partners at the federal, state and local level and multinational partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zane Craig)  

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

03.01.2018

Story by Sgt. Shane Smith 

Fort Indiantown Gap

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Fort Indiantown Gap is scheduled to host live-fire training exercises during the month of March between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Exercises include mortar training March 9-11, demolitions training March 12, Bradley live-fire exercises March 16, demolitions training March 16, artillery training March 16-17, demolitions training March 22-23, mortar training March 24-26, and artillery training March 25-28.

Fort Indiantown Gap announces training that is expected to result in increased noise levels as a courtesy to nearby residents. The training schedule is subject to change based on the military training mission.

Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania. It serves as headquarters to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Pennsylvania National Guard and offers more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training. The installation balances one of the region’s most ecologically diverse areas with a military mission that annually supports 20,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 120,000 additional personnel from other branches of service, multinational partners and interagency partners at the federal, state and local level.

To learn more about Fort Indiantown Gap, visit www.ftig.png.pa.gov or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ftindiantowngap.
Individuals may also call the installation’s community information line at 717-861-2007 to hear a recorded message with dates and times of community activities and training events.

Media contact: Lt. Col. Angela King-Sweigart, 717-861-6254

• Date Taken: 03.01.2018
• Date Posted: 03.01.2018 09:42
• Story ID: 267694
• Location: FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, US