Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Training Centers

Training Center Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012

1. Training Center Marker

Why this marker is located so far away from the WWII Core area is unexplained.

Inscription.
After the reception centers up to 14,000 soldiers a day reported to one of 242 training centers located throughout the country for roughly eight weeks of basic training. The training consisted of three general phases: turning civilians into soldiers; training soldiers how to use their equipment and weapons; and training soldiers how to function as units. At the training centers soldiers engaged in the following tasks:

- Indoctrination – understanding why we are fighting and the nation’s objectives
- Physical conditioning to include the obstacle course
- First aid and sanitation
- Marksmanship
- Practical aspects of being a soldier: clothing, equipment, map reading, tent pitching, camouflage
- Marches and bivouacs
- Specialty (branch) training and unit training

Erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 40° 12.233′ N, 77° 9.564′ W. Marker is near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is in Middlesex Township. It can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Obstacle Course (here, next to this marker);

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Drummer Jarvis Hanks (within shouting distance of this marker); A Medal of Honor at Bear Paw Mountain (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Carlisle Forge (within shouting distance of this marker); A Soldier Story (within shouting distance of this marker); A Century of Protection (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A New German Offender: The PAK 43/41 (about 300 feet away); The Army's War Horse (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.

Other markers no longer nearby. Model 1857 Light 12 Pound Gun-Howitzer (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); Bugler John Cook (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); A Toll Paid in Blood (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); The Carlisle Forge (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 276 times since then and 16 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 1, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.