North Training Area honors its fallen with sign project

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class James McGuire | Sgt. Aubrey Schmidt fastens one panel of a new road sign at the intersection of Parrot and Emigrant Hill.  

CAMP GUERNSEY, WY, UNITED STATES

04.07.2016

Story by Sgt. 1st Class James McGuire 

Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard

Gone are the days of relying on grid coordinates or your best guess to navigate the more than 50,000 acres of Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center’s North Training Area, as a memorial project for 11 fallen military members was recently completed.
Not only did the JTC honor the Wyoming fallen, but it also increased command and control and safety on the sprawling facility that up until now had primarily unmarked intersections.
“We’ve been preparing all summer,” said Matt Martin, North Training Range manager. “We planted 32 signposts out there and now they are all ready to go.”
Preparation has taken longer than that, however, as many steps had to be taken including having the street names approved by National Guard Bureau.
“We can’t just arbitrarily name streets,” Martin said. “We’ve got 98 percent of them named now, and we have more names for future roads out there.”
Maj. Michael Fields, the camp’s operations officer, said the culminating event also served as a team-building day for the camp’s staff. Eight teams of employees ate breakfast, heard the history of the project, and honored a few key players before loading up the signs, tools and hardware.
“This is going to make it a lot safer out there, while honoring Wyoming soldiers,” Fields said.

• Date Taken: 04.07.2016
• Date Posted: 04.07.2016 18:11
• Story ID: 194742
• Location: CAMP GUERNSEY, WY, US