Groundbreaking marks huge expansion at Bragg

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Groundbreaking marks huge expansion at Bragg
Posted : Monday Dec 8, 2008 14:24:50 EST
By Estes Thompson
The Associated Press

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A groundbreaking ceremony marked the start Monday of a huge expansion at this sprawling Army post that will bring two new commands under one roof and add thousands of soldiers, civilian workers and their families.

Generals, sergeants and contractor executives used silver shovels to turn up sandy dirt for a 700,000-square-foot headquarters complex. The building will be home to the U.S. Army Forces Command and the Army Reserve Command, both currently at Fort McPherson, Ga. Officials said it is the first time two major commands will be located in the same building.

“It is the future,” said Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, commander of the Army Reserve Command. Stultz said his headquarters and that of the Army Forces Command work together to train and deploy soldiers, so it is natural to have them located together.

Gen. Charles Campbell, commander of the Army Forces Command, said the shared location will meet the “growing demand for ground forces” in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

The Reserve Command oversees training and equipping more than 200,000 soldiers, including 40,000 now on active duty. Forces Command oversees the same for more than 750,000 active duty and reserve soldiers. The two commands will have a total of between 2,000 and 3,000 military and civilian workers at Fort Bragg.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_bragg_expansion_120808/%2e



uhc comment: "elsewhere"?????? :wtf:

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1. Hay Street will be hopping---

Airborne!