Atterbury housed more than 7,200 evacuees that have found permanent homes in 45 different states.

The U.S. government has been using Camp Atterbury to temporarily house, process and resettle nearly 7,000 people who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took over at the end of August. About 2,500 Afghan evacuees were still waiting to be settled as of Friday morning.

The National Guard base has been a temporary home for some 7,200 people who fled Afghanistan after the collapse of Kabul.

Team Rubicon is asking for donations of winter boots and shoes heading into the holiday season.

Soldiers from the Indiana National Guard collected and delivered the coats Friday from an armory designated as a collection site for donations to Operation Allies Welcome.

After a month of processing more than 6,000 Afghan evacuees, Department of Homeland Security officials invited journalists from 10 news organizations to get a glimpse of operations at Camp Atterbury.

Camp officials recently completed a campaign to vaccinate over 6,100 evacuees against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox. Flu vaccinations will begin this weekend, as will second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

More than 6,600 Afghan refugees who began arriving at the Indiana National Guard’s Camp Atterbury training post nearly six weeks ago are awaiting resettlement.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is denying rumors circulating about happenings at Camp Atterbury.

Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh has been the temporary home for thousands of Afghan evacuees.