WGAL NEWS EIGHT. 85 YEARS AGO TODAY, FORT INDIANTOWN GAP IN LEBANON COUNTY WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED. THEN IT WAS KNOWN AS INDIANTOWN GAP MILITARY RESERVATION. IT REPLACED THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD’S ORIGINAL TRAINING SITE IN MOUNT GRETNA. SINCE 1941, THE GAP HAS BEEN A CRITICAL BASE FOR THE U.S. ARMY AND THE NATIONAL GUARD, AND TODA
Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County was officially dedicated 85 years ago on Tuesday, originally known as Indiantown Gap Military Reservation. It replaced the Pennsylvania National Guard’s original training site in Mount Gretna.Since 1941, the Gap has been a critical base for the U.S. Army and the National Guard. Today, it is among the busiest National Guard training centers in the country, regularly hosting over 100,000 personnel per year for training. Major facilitiesMuir Army Heliport, which is the second-busiest heliport in the U.S. ArmyThe Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training SiteState-of-the-art helicopter training centerThe 166th RegimentEducational complex for U.S. Army training, the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, and the U.S. Army Reserve Center
Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County was officially dedicated 85 years ago on Tuesday, originally known as Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.
It replaced the Pennsylvania National Guard’s original training site in Mount Gretna.
Since 1941, the Gap has been a critical base for the U.S. Army and the National Guard. Today, it is among the busiest National Guard training centers in the country, regularly hosting over 100,000 personnel per year for training.
Major facilitiesMuir Army Heliport, which is the second-busiest heliport in the U.S. ArmyThe Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training SiteState-of-the-art helicopter training centerThe 166th RegimentEducational complex for U.S. Army training, the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, and the U.S. Army Reserve Center