Muscatatuck Urban Training Center

Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
Jennings County, Indiana
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Type Military Training Base
Built 1919
In use 2005-present
Controlled by United States
Commanders LTC R. Dale Lyles

Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC) is a 1,000 acre urban training facility located near Butlerville, Indiana. MUTC is used to train civilian first responders, Foreign Service Institute,[1] joint civilian/military response operations, and military urban warfare. It is also home to the National Guard Patriot Academy, a program that gives potential recruits the chance to earn a high school diploma.[2] The center features more than 120 training structures and over 1 mile of searchable tunnels.[3] A clock tower used as a rappel tower has all four clock faces set to 9:11.[4]

"The uniqueness that exists at Muscatatuck and that urban setting is unequal to anywhere that I’ve ever witnessed in the United States Army.”
-Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, 2010[5]

History

The Muscatatuck Urban Training Center is located on the grounds of the former Muscatatuck State Developmental Center (MSDC).[6] MSDC was created in 1919 as the Indiana Farm Colony for Feeble Minded Youth.[7] From 1919 through 2005, MSDC housed many of Indiana's challenged citizens and was once the largest employer in Jennings County.[8] In 1997, Indiana lawmakers passed a plan to reorganize the state's health plan. In 2001, Governor Frank O'Bannon announced that the state would close Muscatatuck.[7] Governor Mitch Daniels passed control of the facility to the Indiana National Guard in July 2005.[8]

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