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Lee On-Track for BRAC Deadline by CPT Traun Moore Contributing Writer With nearly 60 percent of its Base Realignment and Closure construction projects complete, Fort Lee has made significant strides toward its ultimate destiny of becoming the “Sustainment Center of Excellence.” Of the 56 facilities that had to be built from the ground up, 33 are complete, said Scott Brown, chief of the BRAC Synchronization Office. All of the remaining 23 buildings are well underway and on-line to meet the Sept. 15 deadline this coming year. The rundown of major projects that are yet to be completed is as follows: • Three barracks, one battalion headquarters and seven training facilities to support the Ordnance School moves from Redstone Arsenal, Ala., and Aberdeen Proving Ground/Edgewood, Md. All of the facilities will be part of the Ordnance campus on the north side of route 36. There also will be a Training Ammunition
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training, and a training facility on the Ordnance Campus to support the United States Marine Corps move from Aberdeen. The total cost of these projects is approximately $215 million. • Expansion of the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence in support of the Air Force and Navy culinary course relocations from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Great Lakes, Ill., respectively. The cost of the 46,992-square-foot expansion is just over $16.7 million.
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• Construction of Air Force Transportation Management facilities to support course relocations from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. • Major renovation of the previous Combined Arms Support Command headquarters building on Adams Avenue to support the Defense Contracting Management Agency’s move from Alexandria. The project cost is approximately $15.3 million. • A consolidated medical/dental facility on the Ordnance campus, a facility to support Army Material Command maintenance operations, a Central Issuing Facility, and a large parking area and parade field (old Mifflin Hall site) for the Sustainment Center of Excellence headquarters building in response to mission/community support needs. The cost of these projects is roughly $35.5 million. Some of the projects (not all are BRAC-driven but will support Lee’s end-state) that have been completed in the past year include: • An Army and Air Force Exchange Service Troop Store on the Ordnance Campus. The $1.7 million facility includes a barber shop, snack area and a small shoppette. • A garrison headquarters building renovation at a cost of $839,000. Located on the corner of Adams Avenue and 34th Street, the four-story structure now provides office space for eight garrison support organizations including the command staff, the Safety Office, the Religious Support Office, the Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Directorate, and others. • Liberty Chapel on the corner of C and Mahone Avenues. The $6.7 million facility has a capacity of 300 (main sanctuary and overflow area). It also has classrooms for community activities and training. • The main post – Ordnance Campus flyover, which officially opened in July. The $4.5 million addition enhances efficiency, because vehicles no longer have to exit post and pass through a subsequent access control point, and improves safety due to the reduction of traffic on neighboring highways. • A new $7 million barracks for 49th Group Soldiers. • Burger King, fully renovated at a cost of $900,000. • The newly renovated Lee Theater, $1.4 million (plus another $400K for a new movie screen, surround sound system and concession area). • A dining facility for garrison and 23rd Quartermaster Brigade Advanced Individual Training students. The cost of the renovation was $4.3 million. • The AAFES Shoppette/Popeye’s complex on the corner of A Avenue and Sisisky Boulevard. Built at a cost of $5.6 million, the facility includes a Firestone car care center and a refueling station. While the list could continue for another page or two, the items already cited paint a pretty clear picture of the progress the installation has made to prepare for a population increase of 92 percent when comparing pre-BRAC figures to September 2011 projections. The significance of the overall growth speaks for itself and Fort Lee has truly evolved into a model Army training installation for the 21st century warrior.
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The latter CDC is part of a service-wide strategy to enhance the quality of support to Soldiers and families, Nelson noted. Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. George Casey Jr., approved the accelerations of the CDC projects with temporary authority granted under the national Defense Authorization Act. According to current projections, construction of the second $4.9 million CDC will be completed in April and is slated to begin providing services in June, Nelson said. Also funded by the NDAA and in support of the Army Family Covenant, a modular child care facility will be installed in the vicinity of one of the fitness centers on Fort Lee, although
which one has not been decided at this time. The project is estimated to cost $750,000 and the start date for construction has not been determined. “This hourly room will provide space for approximately 30 children aged six weeks to 10 years,” Nelson said. “It will offer respite from parenting and the opportunity to destress while engaging in healthy activities.” The older kids will be getting a new facility in the near future as well. To support the accelerated youth demand on many installations, the chief of staff approved funding to construct modular youth centers on 15 installations, including Fort Lee. The estimated cost for each facility is $6.8 million, and it will be funded with non-appropriated dollars. The new youth center will offer nearly 20,000 square feet and its projected programs will accommodate 150 youths in grades 6-12. The start date of that project is yet to be determined. In tandem, the growth of CYSS infrastructure will require a considerable increase in staffing as well, Nelson continued. “We estimate an additional 130 administrative, program support and direct care-giving staff positions will be required when everything is completed,” she said. “The estimated annual labor cost for staff is approximately $4 million.” Recent changes to the Fort Lee CYSS menu of activities also reflect this period of expansion. In 2004, FMWR implemented the Schools of Knowledge, Inspiration, Exploration and Skills program – commonly called SKIES – that encourages kids to increase knowledge, to be inspired, to explore new activities and to
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by T. Anthony Bell Fort Lee Traveller Staff Writer Base Realignment and Closure legislation continues to have a marked impact on Fort Lee. The 2005 version of the congressional mandate called for the consolidation and relocation of several schools to the installation. The result of that decision will be $1.2 billion in new construction and close to a 100 percent increase in population under what is now called the Sustainment Center of Excellence. Construction is scheduled for completion by October of 2011. The various personnel moves related to the relocations will come to a close during the same time period as well. Chief among the relocations to Fort Lee are the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and the Ordnance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The schools train more than 25,000 Soldiers annually in 30 different military occupational specialties. Both schools continue to operate at the aforementioned locations but are drawing down as capacity is increased at Fort Lee.
The new “Home of Ordnance” is a 200-acre tract of land on the northern side of Fort Lee, just above Route 36. More than 30 new buildings – offering more than two million square-feet of living, learning, dining and administrative space – have been erected on the campus. Currently, more than 1,500 students are attending Ordnancerelated courses at Fort Lee during the average duty day. That
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number will swell to 3,500 students training in more than 20 MOSs (some ordnance specialties are taught at other installations) when the institution reaches full capacity next year. Furthermore, several hundred permanent party military personnel and civilians will accompany the increase in students. The additional staffing includes instructors, course developers and administrative technicians. In another area of post, the growth is less dramatic but significant nonetheless. Fort Lee’s newest tenant, the U.S. Army Transportation School, is the smallest of the three learning facilities that fall under the Sustainment Center of Excellence. It relocated from Fort Eustis in August and now operates out of a newly renovated building along C Avenue, adjacent to the Regimental Club. Only one MOS (88N, transportation management coordinator) is currently taught at the Transportation School. The first students began classes in early fall and will graduate this year. When the school reaches full capacity, more than 3,500 students will come through its doors on an annual basis. The bulk of transporters will continue to train at Fort Eustis and Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The Army Logistics University, which opened its doors in early 2009, dominates the southwest portion of post. It consolidated the Army Logistics Management College with officer and noncommissioned officer training carried out by Quartermaster, Ordnance and Transportation Schools. Two new, multi-million-dollar academic facilities were built to accommodate the consolidation. Additionally, a 1,000-room lodging facility that will complement academic operations is
currently under construction near the campus. Approximately 15,800 students in four instructional categories will attend ALU in the coming year. That number will increase by 400 in 2012. The list of actual courses offered at the ALU is massive. Some of the titles include Army Acquisition Basic, Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste Handling, Food Service Management, Ordnance Basic Officer Leader and the International Officer Logistics Preparatory courses. The Quartermaster School, Fort Lee’s largest tenant prior to BRAC, continues to have a significant presence here. More than 19,000 students train in nine QM MOSs on post annually. The organizations under the QM School include the Aerial Delivery on Field Services Department, the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, the Joint Mortuary Affairs Center, the Petroleum and Water Department, and several others. While the Quartermaster student load is not expected to increase significantly, some of its courses are experiencing changes to accommodate BRAC actions. For example, the JCCoE will soon welcome the Navy Culinary School from Great Lakes, Ill., and the Air Force Culinary School from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. In total, Fort Lee’s population is well on the way to its highest levels since World War II. Prior to BRAC, the post’s daily population of military, government civilian and contract employees, and family members averaged 32,000. In October of next year, those numbers will reach 47,000 and Fort Lee will be the third largest training organization in the Army, only surpassed by Fort Jackson, S.C., and Fort Benning, Ga.
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