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Nearly 5,000 Troops On Way To Indiana Training Base

By Rachel Agler

Nearly 5,000 Troops On Way To Indiana Training Base

June 18, 2010 Updated Nov 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM EST EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) - Nearly 5,000 soldiers are expected to arrive at central Indiana's Camp Atterbury in the next few months to prepare for deployments to Afghanistan. Indiana National Guard officials say that will give the post near Edinburgh its largest use since it was reactivated as an Army training site six years ago. Major Lisa Kopczynski tells the Daily Journal of Franklin that Camp Atterbury will be near full capacity through March while the post mobilizes an infantry brigade and 13 reconstruction units. More than 50,000 soldiers have trained at Camp Atterbury for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars since 2003, after the post spent decades as a training ground for the National Guard. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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