Indianapolis, In. — About 1,400 members of the Indiana National Guard, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will lead all units training this summer in a series of exercises known as “Pacific Pathways.”
Officials say it will be the first National Guard unit in the four-year history of Pacific Pathways to lead the multinational exercises that support the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
The exercises run from June to September.
“Our participation in Pacific Pathways addresses a number of important challenges for the military, including the coordination and logistics necessary to move troops, equipment and supplies into the Pacific theater from the heart of the continental United States,” said Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr, the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard and former commander of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. “Camp Atterbury ramped up to serve this mission, and we will use this exercise to test our soldiers’ ability to sustain the readiness they achieved during training last summer at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.”
Lt. Col. Mike Grundman, the brigade’s deputy commander, says participating in Pacific Pathways is “a once in a life time opportunity” for members of the combat team to interact with coalition partners throughout the region of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
