Emergency Ammo Stores
Also remember that certain "training facilities" are included in Continuity Of Government (hereafter COG) planning. In PA, we have Ft. Indiantown Gap (the GAP to NG soldiers). It contains a large munitions dump (enough ammo for the 28th Division INCLUDING artillery and AT munitions) with at least a couple of MILLION rounds small arms ammo. This ammo is SPECIFICALLY for a COG scenario.
In OH, you have the newly REESTABLISHED Ravenna Arsenal. The Ravenna Arsenal was a decommissioned ammo plant that was taken over by the OH National Guard as a training facility and is now being considered as a Missile Center for the East Coast (THAAD, I'm guessing). There is a huge COG stockpile there as well (2 divisions worth at least).
Then you have the AMSA (Army Maintenance & Support Assistance) depots. There are half a dozen in PA alone. These centers provide technical support (mechanics, admin, and armorers) for up to a dozen reserve or NG units (generally company sized units) and hold stores of weapons, equipment, vehicles, fuel and at least enough small arms ammo (and spare parts) to give every company they serve "one loadout" of rifle and pistol ammo in case of a disaster. The one we have at the Keystone Ordinance Training Center also has a million gallons of fuel in its storage tanks. AMSA Depots are the NG's first line of supply in a disaster. They would be a key resource in the early stages of any NG "call-out."
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