Camp Williams

Camp W. G. Williams
South of Riverton, Utah
Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group conduct training at Camp Williams
Coordinates	40°26′15″N 111°55′32″W / 40.4375°N 111.9255°W / 40.4375; -111.9255Coordinates: 40°26′15″N 111°55′32″W / 40.4375°N 111.9255°W / 40.4375; -111.9255
Site information
Controlled by	Utah Army National Guard
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	1928
In use	1928–present

Camp W. G. Williams, commonly known as Camp Williams, also known as Army Garrison Camp Williams, is a National Guard training site operated by the Utah National Guard. It is located south of Bluffdale, west of Lehi, and north of Saratoga Springs and Cedar Fort, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Salt Lake City, straddling the border between Salt Lake County and Utah County in the western portion of the Traverse Mountains. Camp Williams is also home to the Non-Commissioned Officer's Basic Leader Course, which is taught to Active, National Guard, and Reserve components.

Camp Williams land comprises about 6 square miles (16 km²) of flat area and 47 square miles (120 km²) of mountainous region.

The Utah Army National Guard traces its beginnings to the Utah Territorial Militia, known as the Nauvoo Legion. The Nauvoo Legion operated similarly to militias in other states and territories, including requiring adult men—between the ages of 18 and 45—to serve. The militia served as guardians of the Central Overland Route, and in the Utah War, Black Hawk War and Walker War. During this period the legion's various units had annual musters and training camps, with Lehi's unit often doing so near the site of today's Camp Williams. During a power struggle between the Federal government of the United States and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the militia was abolished in the Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887.