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COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Indiana National Guard’s Detachment 1, 165th Quartermaster Company’s move from Seymour, Indiana to the Columbus Municipal Airport was formalized with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 4.
City of Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop, Indiana National Guard’s Adjutant General Courtney P. Carr, along with airport officials and city council representatives attended the ceremony held at the new facility.
Indiana is one of only four states in the Army National Guard with a unit capable of supporting rigging operations. The approximate 80-person detachment is responsible for packing, maintaining and repairing parachutes for airborne training and operations.
Moving the unit to Columbus just 14 miles from Camp Atterbury enhances the organization’s capabilities in supporting large scale, complex exercises.
“Locating this special unit within such close proximity to Camp Atterbury has powerful impacts for the community,” said Carr. “This is yet another way to attract units from all across the country to train here in the Columbus area.”
In addition to the prominent location of the new facility, the added space provided at the hanger helps consolidate the storage capabilities for the rigger’s unit, which in the past was housed at three different locations throughout the state.
Mayor Lienhoop welcomed the unit to the city citing the community’s appreciation for the military.
“We have a great deal of respect for the military,” said Lienhoop, also highlighting the city’s diverse strengths. “We are proud of our manufacturing industry, and over 80 unique architectural sites and now we get to say that we help people jump out of airplanes.”
The city and the Army are not the only beneficiaries of the move. The Air National Guard’s 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, part of the 181st Intelligence Wing located at Terre Haute, Indiana are happy to receive this unit to the region.
“We rely on all our support to come from the Army for all our parachuting missions. In the ASOS we have 12 jumpers and we don’t have our own equipment or riggers,” said Lt. Col. Chris Snider, 113th ASOS commander. “Having this new facility and being able to have more full time employees to support our operations is going to enhance our capabilities to jump in a more frequent and reliable basis.”
After the ceremony, the detachment conducted a successful airborne jump from the Columbus airport onto drop zone Bowden at Camp Atterbury.
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| Date Taken: | 06.04.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 06.06.2016 13:16 |
| Story ID: | 200112 |
| Location: | COLUMBUS, IN, US |
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