Camp Hammond

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Camp Hammond is a training camp in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, Marvel Universe to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative. This Initiative HQ, located in Stamford, Connecticut, is the main setting for the Avengers: The Initiative comic book series.

Contents 1 History 2 Points of interest 3 Staff 4 Students 4.1 Graduates 4.2 Shadow Initiative 4.3 Quit 4.4 Trainees/Cadets 4.5 Washouts 4.6 Deceased 5 References 6 Further reading

[edit] History

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Prior to the opening of Camp/Fort Hammond, the superhuman training facility was located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia^[1]. Camp Hammond, located on the site of the Stamford tragedy that started the Civil War, is named after James Hammond, the original Human Torch. The camp is considered the Initiative HQ^[2] and also serves the dual function of being the Initiative team for Connecticut.

The camp is primary used to train drafted super powered young people in the United States who have to been register with the federal government. However, many respected and established superheroes have also attended training to brush up and further their skills.

New recruits are put through Avengers basic training, which includes combat, first aid, and superhuman ethics^[2]. If passed the recruits registration card will be upgraded to a full heroes license with some being offered places in one of the fifty nationwide teams.

[edit] Points of interest

Among the locations in Camp Hammond are:

Briefing room one Brig[3] Cape-Killer locker room[3] Chapel[4] Firing range[5] Gymnasium[3]

Hearing room alpha[4] Interrogation room 2 and 3[3] Jump Gate[6] Observation deck[2] Obstacle Course[2] Press corps[3] War Room[6]

• The Subbasement 5 level is the location of the omega weapons cache.^[7]

• The Subbasement 9^[8] level is the location of the combat simulator^[2][7], Yellowjacket's lab^[2][9], the infirmary^[5][7], and the Shadow Initiative's briefing room.

• The quarters of Yellowjacket^[6], Blitzschlag^[10] and Danielle Moonstar^[5] have been seen along with cadet barracks bravo^[11]and the base housing home of the Green family^[3].
• A number of Jim Hammond memorial statues^[7][2] which read

  Jim Hammond
  "The Human Torch"
  First of the marvels
  He showed us that heroes can be made

[edit] Staff

Name	Position	Status	Additional Notes
War Machine	Camp Director[2]/Field Commander[12]	Active
Henry Peter Gyrich	Administrator Secretary of Superhuman Armed Forces[2]	Inactive	Forced to releave his position by Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D..[4]
Yellowjacket	Chief Administrator[2]	Active (until stated otherwise)	Revealed to be a Skrull impostor[13]
Baron Von Blitzschlag	Scientific Researcher	Active (but injured)
The Gauntlet	Drill Instructor[2]	Active
Taskmaster	Drill Instructor[9]	Active	Originally replaced Gauntlet when he was in a coma.
Justice	Youth Counselor[6]	Inactive	Left to lead Counter Force.[14]
Trauma	Counselor[4]	Active	Became a counselor, following graduation
Black Widow	Instructor: Marksmanship[8]
Batroc the Leaper	Instructor: Martial arts[1]	Unknown	Previously worked out of the Virginia training facility and was set to be moved to Camp Hammond.[1]
Hellcat	Instructor: First aid[8]		Assigned to Alaskan Initiative team.
Stingray	Instructor: Swimming[8]		Also serves as squad leader
Physique	Infirmary department head[4]	Active
She-Hulk	Instructor[2]	Inactive	After a falling out with Tony Stark, She-Hulk was removed from her instructor position and as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.[15]
Chuck	Bus Driver[16]	Active

Other guest instructors and staff have included: Ms. Marvel^[2] Beast^[8], Danielle Moonstar^[8], the Thing^[8], Constrictor^[16], Gargoyle (Issac Christians), Nighthawk, and a battalion of Initiative Cape-Killers along with other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. While

[edit] Students

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There is an undetermined number of recruits at Camp Hammond, according to Henry Peter Gyrich^[7] and Hardball^[17], there are over sixty superhumans at Camp Hammond including staff. Thus far the recruits shown to be located at the camp include:

[edit] Graduates

• Blazing Skull: Assigned to the New Jersey Initiative team, the Defenders.^[18]
• Cloud 9: Assigned to the Montana Initiative team, Freedom Force.
• Gargoyle (Issac Christians): Now serving as Initiative instructor.
• Hardball: Assigned to the Nevada Initiative team.
• Hellcat: Assigned to the Alaska Initiative team.
• Komodo: Assigned to the Arizona Initiative team.
• Nighthawk: Assigned to the New Jersey Initiative team, the Defenders.^[18]
• Thor Girl: Assigned to the Georgia Initiative team.
• Trauma: Now serving as a counselor at Camp Hammond.
• Triathlon: Assigned to the Hawaii Initiative team, as the new 3-D Man.
• Ultra Girl: Assigned to the Georgia Initiative team, and director of the Junior Guardsmen.

[edit] Shadow Initiative

• Bengal: Assigned as leader of the Shadow Initiative.
• Constrictor: Assigned to the Shadow Initiative.
• Mutant Zero: Not known by other cadets, part of the Shadow Initiative.

[edit] Quit

• Debrii: Now a member of Counter Force.
• Rage: Now a member of Counter Force.
• Scarlet Spiders (Michael & Patrick): Formerly of the Shadow Initiative, now members of Counter Force.
• Slapstick: Now a member of Counter Force.

[edit] Trainees/Cadets

Annex[19] Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) Batwing[19] Crusader (Aubrey Thompson) Diamondback Geiger

Gorilla Girl[19] Melee Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore)[19] Red Nine Stature Sunstreak[19]

[edit] Washouts

• Armory: Her Tacticon was confiscated and she was sent out of the Initiative after accidentally killing Michael Van Patrick.^[2]
• Butterball (Emery Schaub)^[19]: Not being cut out for the military applications of The Initiative, was sent home with a registration ID card.^[16]
• Earth A Hulkling: Falsely joined The Initiative using his Earth-616 counterpart's identity^[20], since returned home.
• Earth A Wiccan: Falsely joined The Initiative using his Earth-616 counterpart's identity^[20], since returned home.

[edit] Deceased

• Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara): Killed by KIA.
• MVP: Accidentally killed by Armory.^[2]
• Scarlet Spider (Van)^[14]: Killed by KIA.^[11]
• Proton (Geldoff): His neck was broken by a Skrull.^[21]

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Marvel Atlas #2, page 9.

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