Camp Roberts
Camp Roberts is located on U.S. Highway 101, about 12 miles north of Paso Robles or half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles, in California
San Francisco and Los Angeles are few surrounding cities.
The base serves the National Guard & Army Reserves
California Army National Guard occupies the base.
The base occupies about 42,784 acres
The number of troops in the base depends on the training. As this is basically a training facility.
The mission at Camp Roberts is to facilitate the training, mobilization and security of the National Guard, Army Reserve and Active Component units
The base was built in March 1941.
The base is named after Corporal Harold W. Roberts, a tank driver in World War I.
It is a training facility so the housing is provided in the form of barracks
Camp Roberts Historical Museum is a great attraction near the base.
It is not a family station, so there are no educational institutions at the base.
Camp Roberts is used for ARNG and USAR unit collective training and unit schools
It is a training facility, so all the facilities required for infantry training is present in the base.
Camp Roberts has 173 square kilometers (km2)(42,814 acres) within the installation boundary. There are 130 km2 (32,194 acres) available for maneuver, of which 81 km2 (19,881 acres) are available for heavy maneuver.
The base was instrumental in training of army reserves for iraq operations.
The army reserves participated in Iraq & Afghanistan wars.
It has been a training facility for infantry.
Col John F Smith currently commands the base?
The insignia has been adopted form California Army National Guards