WTM Profile Overview

Camp Williams provides training facilities for the Utah Army National Guard (UTARNG) and Utah Air National Guard, the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve, the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve, and Reserve Officers Training Corps. Camp Williams is also home to the Non- Commissioned Officer’s Basic Leader Course, which is provided to active, National Guard, and reserve components.

According to the Utah National Guard’s Adjutant General, Major General Michael J. Turley, the Utah National Guard has two primary missions:

The first is to support the people of the State of Utah. When called upon by the governor, units and Guard members support civil authorities in protecting life and property. They are also called upon to help preserve peace, order, and public safety, which are integrated into the Homeland Defense mission.

The second mission of the Utah Army National Guard is to the people of the United States. When called upon by the president, the Guard provides welltrained and fully equipped military units to serve as part of the total force in times of war or other national emergencies.

Camp Williams is located on Highway 68 about 26 miles south of Salt Lake City and straddles the border of Salt Lake County and Utah County. The camp is situated in the western range of the Traverse Mountains and consists of 24,000 acres of mountainous combat-training areas resembling similar environments encountered in global military operations. Its cantonment area, east of Highway 68, is generally flat.

In 2013, the National Security Agency (NSA) built a Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center at Camp Williams called Utah Data Center, providing a series of data centers that store and process cybersecurity information. This location, near Camp Williams, was chosen because of its proximity to Salt Lake City International Airport, the abundance of affordable energy, the energetic software industry in Salt Lake City, and the existing internet infrastructure.

The surrounding communities consists of one of the fastest growing regions in the United States which presents many issues to the success of Camp Williams as a military installation. Camp Williams and the Utah National Guard (UTNG) have strategically purchased adjacent land and converted it into the West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Area which acts as a buffer between civilian land use and military uses as well as provides areas for wildlife preservation. The easement consists of 3,077 acres and works to enhance both the military’s ability to continue using the camp for training and the quality of the natural environment. The City of Herriman has already built eight miles of trail on the conserved land under the Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program

In 2017, the Maguire Company estimated a total of 8,089 jobs (direct, indirect, and induced) created $385.1 million in wages and, in turn, $1.1 billion in total local economic impact. In the fiscal year 2018, YPG’s operating budget was just under $48 million, and the installation’s direct economic impact on the community was roughly $450 million. Every year, approximately 35,000 visitors come to YPG to observe facilities and celebrations and to acquire goods and service