Photo: Iowa National Guard
(CAMP DODGE, Iowa) -- The Iowa National Guard will soon open a new indoor Army Combat Fitness Test and training facility at Camp Dodge. The $2 million facility features 16 turf lanes, energy saving motion sensor lights and temperature controls. A half-mile track is planned for outside the Field House.
The run and walk portions of soldier fitness testing can still be completed on outdoor tracks at the post. Soldiers will also have the option of conducting the whole test outside on a leveled field right next to the building.
"Having it set up with heating and ventilation for use year-round is going to help armories throughout the state," said Master Sgt. Luke Krier, chief of the Camp Dodge Department of Public Works. "There's no off season anymore, so you can get Soldiers in here any time and that's a big help for readiness."
The facility is one of several improvement projects completed or in progress throughout the Iowa National Guard.