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Fort Custer Training Center, often known simply as Fort Custer, is a federally owned and state-operated Michigan Army National Guard training facility, but is also used by other branches of the armed forces and armed forces from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. It is one of the most heavily used Midwest training facilities, and is used mainly for company level small arms and maintenance training. The 20th Century Tactical Studies Group (based in the US Midwest), holds two battles there every year.

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  • Fort Custer Training Center, often known simply as Fort Custer, is a federally owned and state-operated Michigan Army National Guard training facility, but is also used by other branches of the armed forces and armed forces from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. It is one of the most heavily used Midwest training facilities, and is used mainly for company level small arms and maintenance training. The 20th Century Tactical Studies Group (based in the US Midwest), holds two battles there every year.
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Built
  • 1917(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Fort Custer
Type
  • Army post
Caption
  • 184(xsd:integer)
Commanders
  • LTC Dennis Nadrasik
Battles
  • none
used
  • 1917(xsd:integer)
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  • United States
Location
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • Kalamazoo County, outside of Augusta, Michigan,
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  • Fort Custer Training Center, often known simply as Fort Custer, is a federally owned and state-operated Michigan Army National Guard training facility, but is also used by other branches of the armed forces and armed forces from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. It is one of the most heavily used Midwest training facilities, and is used mainly for company level small arms and maintenance training. The 20th Century Tactical Studies Group (based in the US Midwest), holds two battles there every year. Fort Custer occupies land in both Kalamazoo County, Michigan to the west and Calhoun County, Michigan to the east. Most Fort facilities are located north or south of M-96 about west of Battle Creek, Michigan in Calhoun County, and east of Augusta, Michigan in Kalamazoo County. This locates the Fort about north and east of the town of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and mostly south of M-96, and divided east–west by the Kalamazoo and Calhoun county line that runs north and south. The current Fort Custer Training Center is located south of M-96 & mostly east of the county line at 2501 26th Street, Battle Creek, Calhoun county, MI 49037. The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is located north of M-96 in NW Calhoun County at 5500 Armstrong Rd, Battle Creek, Calhoun county, MI 49037. Fort Custer National Cemetery is located north of M-96 in Kalamazoo County about 2 miles east of Augusta, Michigan, at 15501 Dickman Rd, Augusta, MI Fort Custer Recreation Area is located well south of M-96 in Kalamazoo County at 5163 Fort Custer Dr, Augusta, Kalamazoo county, MI 49012.
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