That three additional National Guard Units, one of them from Delphi, will be moving into the Lafayette Armory does not portend the end for the Delphi Armory.

“Some operations will continue at the Delphi Armory,” Lt. Col. Steve Hines told the Comet Tuesday afternoon.

Hines is the Indiana National Guard Construction and Facilities Manager located in Indianapolis. He said recruiting and other activities will continue to be conducted at the local facility.

“There will be a drawdown or slow-down at Delphi for between six months to a year,” Hines said. “But the Guard does not want to let go of the Delphi Armory.”

Hines said it is expected that another unit will move into the facility within the next year. The new unit will join the full-time recruiting and retention team and a recruit detainment detachment currently stationed at Delphi.

“The Military Police organization is the one moving to the Lafayette Armory,” Hines concluded. “And that won’t be for perhaps another year.”