Ohio National Guard News

38th ID at Camp Atterbury for warfighter exercise

Story by Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry, 38th Infantry Division Public Affairs

38th Infantry Division photos

Indiana National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Lee Miller, a 38th Infantry Division artillery fire control sergeant, supports a camouflage net in setting up the division’s expeditionary headquarters during their annual training in September at Camp Atterbury, near Edinburgh, Ind. Nearly 600 members of the 38th ID are currently at Camp Atterbury for a nine-day warfighter exercise, which will evaluate the Soldiers’ proficiencies as they respond and communicate to various battlefield scenarios throughout the training.

The 38th Infantry Division’s expeditionary headquarters stands ready for the unit’s current warfighter exercise

Soldiers with 38th Infantry Division set up the expansive, modular tent systems and camouflage nets.

EDINBURGH, Ind. (10/05/2018) — Nearly 600 with the 38th Infantry Division, headquartered in Indianapolis, are at Camp Atterbury this week to participate in a warfighter exercise, which will evaluate the Soldiers’ proficiencies as they respond and communicate to various battlefield scenarios throughout the training. 

“Warfighter 19.1 is a unique opportunity for the 38th Infantry Division to develop proficiency in collective training tasks in a decisive-action environment,” said Maj. Gen. Gordon L. Ellis, the division’s commanding general. “It provides the division with the opportunity to conduct operations in conjunction with other divisions and a higher, corps headquarters.” 

The skills the troops learn during the exercise will translate into domestic, national and international civilian- and military-led missions. It will prepare the division’s headquarters for deployment to support U.S. interests anywhere in the world. 

“Upon completion of Warfighter 19.1, the 38th Infantry Division will have elevated its collective training proficiency and will be prepared to conduct decisive-action operations, anywhere, anytime, when called,” Ellis said.

 Warfighter exercises train the command and staff teams in six areas: command and control, movement and maneuver, intelligence, targeting processes, sustainment and protection. 

The 38th ID, nicknamed the Cyclone Division, also has units located in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Cyclone Division is one of eight National Guard and one of 18 U.S. Army divisions.