Some of the largest private employers include AMP Inc., Carlisle Corp., Masland Industries, PPG Industries, and Sprint. The bond between military and civilian communities grows daily from hundreds of personal contacts. Post personnel volunteer throughout the Carlisle community, and community outreach programs like SummerFair sponsorship and the Senior Citizen Holiday Party, add to the relationship. The post gates are open to hundreds of visitors and schoolchildren who tour this historic installation. Carlisle and Carlisle Barracks are in the beautiful, agricultural belt of the Cumberland Valley, between the northeast-southeast chains of the Appalachian Mountains.
Agriculture is the top-ranked industry of the state.
Farmers' markets are top-rated by local residents. Nearby Boiling Springs is set amid rolling hills and period architecture. Theater and fly-fishing are among the varied attractions of the Allenberry Playhouse on the Yellow Breeches. More than 50 accredited colleges and universities are found within a 100-mile radius of the county. Military installations in the area include the Mechanicsburg Naval Support Station, the Pennsylvania Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap, Defense Distribution Center at New Cumberland, and Letterkenny Army Depot near Chambersburg.