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Camp Blanding Joint Training Center (CBJTC) near Starke, is the National Guard’s premier training site in North Florida. The 73,000-acre post provides resources to enhance joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational training in support of our nation, state and communities.
Camp Blanding is the primary training site for most of the Florida National Guard's military units and the main combat arms brigade, the 53rd Infantry Brigade of the Florida Army National Guard.
Phone: (904) 682-3357. Camp Blanding is located in Clay County which is in the north central part of Florida. The nearest city, Starke, is eight miles away. Thirty six miles to the southeast is the urban area of Jacksonville, Florida.
Camp Blanding Museum was established in 1990 and currently features displays focused on Camp Blanding’s History and involvement during WWII. Learn More.
Camp Blanding. Camp Blanding Joint Training Center is a primary military reservation and training base for the Florida National Guard, both the Florida Army and Air National Guard, located near Starke, Florida.
Established in 1939, Camp Blanding was one of the biggest WWII infantry training centers in the country: at one point it had more than 10,000 buildings and the largest hospital in Florida and helped 800,000 men get ready for war.
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center. ORGANIZED 1939 Col. Todd Hopkins - Commander, CBJTC Command Sgt. Maj. Russell Lloyd - Command Sergeant Major, CBJTC
More than 4,000 men – soldiers, U-Boat sailors, and civilian “enemy aliens” – were detained at Camp Blanding. During the war, Camp Blanding was Florida’s fourth largest city. It is estimated that more than 745,000 personnel served at Camp Blanding during World War II.
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center: Located near Starke, Florida, Camp Blanding serves as the primary military reservation and training base for the Florida National Guard, both the Florida Army National Guard and certain non-flying activities of the Florida Air National Guard.
The Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Florida is a base of the Air National Guard and serves specific missions to protect our homeland and support federal efforts.