New facilities for Logistic Support Team at Camp Atterbury

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class David Bruce | The operations building and warehouse of the new Army Sustainment Command Logistic Support Team Complex at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., that was officially opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 7. The LST issues and maintains equipment for soldiers to use during their predeployment training while at Camp Atterbury.  

CAMP ATTERBURY, IN, UNITED STATES

11.10.2011

Story by Staff Sgt. David Bruce 

Camp Atterbury Indiana

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - A new Army Sustainment Command complex was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Nov. 7.

This new eight acre complex includes a maintenance shop, warehouse and operations building for issuing and maintaining over 2,300 pieces of equipment, from weapons to Mine Resistant Ambush Protective vehicles to units undergoing predeployment training. The new complex represents a vast improvement over earlier facilities, said John Medlin, Logistics Support Team chief.

"We were working out of tents before, said Medlin. "This greatly increases our capacity and capability. The new facilities will help make for a better predeployment training experience for the soldiers that come here.

We work hard to provide a great service here so Camp Atterbury has the latest and greatest to ensure the soldiers we're training get what they need."

The new facility is on land that was once a swamp and required extensive efforts from the installation Directorate of Public Works to reclaim the ground, said Lt. John Silva, Director of Camp Atterbury Directorate of Public Works.

"This complex will greatly enhance the working conditions," said Silva. "We were out here with a couple of my engineers and some of my surveyors looking at the swamp that was here a couple years ago, and we thought, 'there is no way we're going to be able to get this facility on this ground.'"

Even after additional surveys and soil tests were conducted, the outlook was bleak for the amount of resources available for the project, said Silva.

"The engineering that went behind getting this facility to where it is today is amazing and had plenty of challenges along the way," said Silva. "At the end of the day, we got a great product at a reasonable cost."

Attending the ribbon cutting was Maj. Gen Clif Tooley, commanding general of the Atterbury-Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations, who said that the new facility represented Camp Atterbury's commitment to relevant and readily available training for soldiers.

"This site is a great representation of the team and team effort that we have here," said Tooley. "It's not about us. We provide a platform for all these great men and women going onto harm's way so they can be as well equipped and well trained as possible to go do what our nation has asked them to do. This complex represents another one of those great capabilities."

• Date Taken: 11.10.2011
• Date Posted: 11.10.2011 20:44
• Story ID: 79884
• Location: CAMP ATTERBURY, IN, US