Registration opens on May 28 for the yearly Grasslands and Butterfly Tour at Fort Indiantown Gap where, among other interesting sights, participants can see the last remaining population of the eastern regal fritillary butterfly.
Fort Indiantown Gap
Ft. Indiantown Gap secures $1.55 million for multi-purpose machine gun range
Fort Indiantown Gap has secured $1.55 million in federal funding to construct a 10-lane multi-purpose machine gun range at the nation’s busiest National Guard Training Center.
Big Brother/Sister recognizes efforts of active soldier at Fort Indiantown Gap
A noncommissioned officer at Fort Indiantown Gap has been recognized for his volunteer efforts outside of the base.
Fort Indiantown Gap tightens security at main access point; compliant ID required
As of Jan. 16, entry into the Pennsylvania National Guard base at Fort Indiantown Gap will be a little more secure.
Public invited to free tree lighting and social gathering at Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap will host a public tree-lighting ceremony and social gathering at the community club on the base at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Fort Indiantown Gap’s police department gets a new chief, moves into new station
The Fort Indiantown Gap police department this fall welcomed a new police chief and moved into a new, bigger station on the sprawling military base.
Once again, Fort Indiantown Gap is the busiest National Guard training center
For the third time in four years, Fort Indiantown Gap has been named the busiest National Guard training center in the U.S.
25 years ago, Fort Indiantown Gap was on track for obsolescence; instead, the PA National Guard revitalized the base
It could have been the end for Fort Indiantown Gap, but the closure of the military base that seemed imminent in 1995 was forestalled when, rather than closing the U.S. Army base entirely, it was transferred instead to the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1998.
Senate bill would modify ‘armory’ definition, change oversight of Fort Indiantown Gap
Senator Chris Gebhard hopes to revise the definition of “armory” to broaden the authority of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to manage the military’s properties in Pennsylvania, such as facilities at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Fort Indiantown Gap partners with Lithuania to boost national security
From Sept. 6 to 17, the Pennsylvania National Guard hosted about 33 military personnel from Lithuania at its training headquarters at Fort Indiantown Gap
Free regal fritillary butterfly tours will be offered at Indiantown Gap this summer
Free guided tours to see regal fritillary butterflies in their natural habitat will be offered on July 5, 6, 12, and 13.