Camp Grayling
Joint Maneuver Training Center
(JMTC)
FY 2011 Overview
Post Commander
COL Erich W. Randall
Post Command Sergeant Major
CSM Michael Foy
Strengths
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Ranges
Training Facilities
Restricted Airspace
Co-Location with MATES
Co-Location with MIANG
Co- Location with GAAF
Experienced Staff
Customers
Active Army
Army National Guard (Multiple States)
Army Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Navy Seals (SO)
Coast Guard
Air National Guard
Canadian Forces
British Forces
Latvia (Multiple Foreign Nations)
Michigan Law Enforcement Agencies
DOC (Academy/ERT)
TACOM Rock Island
Fielding and NET site for
119A2 Towed Artillery
R&D Site:
(TACOM, TARDEC)
FBI
US Forest Service
DOE
DNR
Capabilities
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Billeting / Dining Facilities for 6600+ Personnel (2,260 heated
billets)
MATES (Mobilization and Training Equipment Site)
Grayling Army Airfield with two 5,000 ft runways and 60 helicopter
tie-downs
Railhead with loading ramps
All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Training Areas
Computer Simulation Center (EST 2000, CFT, HEAT/MET, VCOT,
VBS2)
Convoy Commander’s Reaction Course
Capabilities
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Individual and crew-served small-arms ranges
• 25 live fire ranges with over 350 firing points
• IPBC, ISBC, LFSH, MPMG, MP/CPQC, ARF, UAC, & 25
meter zero ranges
Live fire training
• Artillery (65 surveyed FP’s)
• Mortar (32 surveyed FP’s)
• MPRC (Tank Gunnery, .50 Cal LF, MLRS/HIMARS)
• TOW
• MK-19
• Live fire hand grenade
• Engineer heavy demolition (up to 40# NEW)
Capabilities
• COIN Operations
• Urban Assault Course
• JIEDDO Lane (IED defeat lane)
• Engineer bridging and waterborne rafting operations
• Large Airspace Complex
• ANG Gunnery Complex
• Helicopter Air gunnery
• UAS operations
• Tactical Training Bases
• North Camp (22 acres)
• South Camp (350 acres)
Capabilities
• Drop Zones
• Land Navigation
• 3,300 acres with 50 navigational points
• Ammunition Supply Point
• Troop Medical Clinic
Current Initiatives
• Maintain core training and existing specialty mission-set capability
• Increase year-round military utilization through an aggressive
marketing strategy
• Respond to evolving missions
• Develop a premier test site for DOD research and development
• Vehicle survivability testing
• Robotics
• Electronic warfare
• NET Fielding
• Enhance specialty mission-set capability
• Acquire a complete vehicle package for visiting units to draw
• With over 300 cubic nautical miles of restricted airspace,
become a center of excellence for UAS operations
• Increase training for joint operations in a CAS environment
Core & Specialty Mission-Sets
• Installation training throughput has exceeded 200,000 training mandays for the past several years
• 147,000 acres available for ground maneuver units
• Combat arms, CS & CSS maneuver and live fire training capabilities
• UAS (Shadow) launch and recovery from tactical runways or
Grayling Army Air Field
• Simulation Training Center offers Virtual Battle Space 2, Call for Fire
Trainer, Engagement Skills Training, and MRAP and HMMWV rollover trainers
• COIN Operations/Urban Environment utilizing the Urban Assault
Course, Life Fire Shoot House, and the Joint Improvised Explosive
Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) training facilities
• Northern Michigan Law Enforcement Training Group partnership
Recent Operational Highlights
• New Equipment Training
• TACOM, Rock Island conducted NET for the M119A2 105mm
howitzer to sixteen battalions from 15 States.
• NET for the M777 Howitzer was conducted for Michigan’s 1119th FA BN.
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Pathfinder School
• Army National Guard Warrior Training Center from Ft. Benning,
GA conducted this rigorous two-week school for 56 candidates
from Michigan and other States.
Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP)
Latvian Presidential Visit
Recent Operational Highlights
• Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX)
• Units from the Army and Air National Guard, as well as active Air
Force Special Operations Forces took part in a CALFEX on the
Range 40 Complex
• The 1-197th Fires BDE conducted operations using the new Standard
Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) simultaneously with its
subordinate units from NH, WV, RI and MI
• The Squad Designated Marksmanship Course developed by the US
Army’s Marksmanship Unit and TRADOC was conducted at Camp
Grayling to train designated marksmen to hit targets out to 500m and
beyond
• XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle (ESR)NET (August 2011)
Recent Support Highlights
• Completed
• Barracks Replacement (ORTC). $$16.7 million
• Installation Dining Facility. $1.8 million
• Barracks (418Q) renovation. $899 thousand
• Post Headquarters. $758 thousand
• Post Classroom. $597 thousand
• Urban Assault Course. $1.3 million
• Under Construction
• Infantry Squad Battle Course. $1.8 million
• Live Fire Shoot House. $1.7 million
• Out for Bid
• Combined Arms Collective Training Facility. $21.5 million
Total – Over $47 Million
Community Economic Impact
• FY 10 Estimated Total Economic Impact:
• Salary and Wages (Full-time Civil Service, AGR, State
Employees, Contract Employees, Tenant
units, AAFES, and NAF Employees.
$15.7 M
• MILCON Projects
$ 7.5 M
• SRM
$ 8.0 M
• Other Contracted Goods and/or Services
$ 4.4 M
Total $ 35.6 M
Camp Grayling Environmental
Awards
2010. NGB Environmental Security Award – 2nd Place Sustainability Category for
Installation Recycling Program
2009. NGB Environmental Stewardship Award (only state to be a two time recipient, 1997
and 2009. Given to the state with the best overall environmental program)
2002. Award from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for implementation of
a Wellhead Protection Plan at Camp Grayling
2000. Award Plaque from the George Mason Chapter of Trout Unlimited for dedicated
efforts to preserve and protect coldwater fisheries in the AuSable and Manistee River
watersheds
1999. Certificate of Commendation from Otsego County and Huron Pines RC&D for
conservation restoration efforts and construction of Timber Bridges
1998. Conservation of the Year Award from the Michigan United Conservation Clubs
(MUCC)
1997. NGB Eagle Award (Highest NGB Award) to Camp Grayling, Environmental Quality
Category Non-Industrial Installation
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