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Camp Blanding Joint Training Center (CBJTC), located near Starke, Florida, is a 73,000-acre premier training center for Florida National Guard units. The training center provides ranges, education facilities, simulation platforms, maintenance, and other services to Florida’s National Guard and numerous federal, state, and local customers ...
Camp Blanding is the primary training site for most of the Florida National Guard's military units and the main combat arms brigade, the 53rd Infantry Brigade of the Florida Army National Guard. It is also home to the headquarters and support companies of the 3- 20th Special Forces Group , the 211th Infantry Regiment , and the 2-111th Airfield ...
- 1940–present
Oct 7, 2023 · Location: Stark, FL. Significance: Olmsted Designed Residential Institution. MANAGED BY: Department of Military Affairs. In 1917, after realizing how unprepared the U.S. was to train hundreds of soldiers needed for a world war, the government created the Committee of Emergency Construction.
Contact Information. Phone: (904) 682-3357. Camp Blanding is located in Clay County which is in the north central part of Florida. The nearest city, Starke, is eight miles away. Thirty six miles to the southeast is the urban area of Jacksonville, Florida. The camp is combined use facility for training for both the Florida National Guard and the ...
In August 1940 Camp Blanding was federalized by US Government to be used by Army as training base for NG & Active Army Infantry Divisions. At that time the US Government acquired around 40,000 additional acres through eminent domain to go with the Florida’s 30,000.
Address: Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida 16, Starke, FL, USA. Description: Camp Blanding Joint Training Center is a primary military reservation and training base for the Florida National Guard, both the Florida Army and Air National Guard, located near Starke, Florida.
By Denise Maloof. An expedition into Florida’s northeastern woods reveals a Clay County gem. Looming from forest and S.R.16 asphalt, the Camp Blanding Museum nestles outside the main gate of Camp Blanding, a historic North Florida National Guard installation that remains active and alive, filled with troops and their accoutrements.
