Mission Growth Project Highlights
For communities facing growth of a military installation, this is a great opportunity to expand the economic base of the community. In addition to the economic situation of these areas, communities must prepare to implement new plans to anticipate changes to transportation, education, public works, and other community services. OEA has been able to help communities proactively address the most challenging problems facing growth communities. As a result of this support, communities like the ones below continue to prosper.
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Background
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) has and will continue to experience significant changes in mission, management, and population due to the 2005 round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, which joined the former Fort Lewis Base with McChord Air Force Base. Additional growth has resulted from Grow the Army, Army Modular Force initiatives, and Global Defense Posture Review. These actions added more than 15,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel to the region between 2003 and 2010, with an additional 2,000 personnel projected by 2016. JBLM is now the largest military installation on the west coast of the United States.
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Clock tower at Fort Sam Houston
Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
Background
Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is the result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action that joined the separate installation management activities of Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), and Randolph Air Force Base to form JBSA. Resulting from BRAC 2005, Brooke Army Medical Center at Ft. Sam Houston and Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB merged to become the San Antonio Military Medical Center at Ft. Sam Houston. The Headquarters Fifth Army is now Northern Command's land component headquarters for homeland defense of the continental US.
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Marine Memorial at front gate of MCB Quantico
Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
Background
Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico is located approximately 35 miles south of Washington, D.C. The local jurisdictions adjacent to the installation include Prince William County to the north, Fauquier County to the west and Stafford County to the south. The Potomac River forms a majority of the eastern boundary. Interstate95 (I-95) and U.S. Highway 1, major north-south transportation corridors, bisect the installation through Prince William and Stafford Counties.
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Map of Camp Lejeune, New River, and Cherry Point
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina
Background
Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River are located in Onslow County and near the City of Jacksonville. MCAS Cherry Point is located 50 miles east-northeast of MCB Camp Lejeune in the City of Havelock. This region of North Carolina has experienced significant military growth resulting from the following Department of Defense actions that began in 2007: the establishment of the Marine Corps Special Operation Command at MCB Camp Lejeune and the Marine Corps Grow the Forces Initiative. These actions have resulted in a net gain of more than 14,000 new military and civilian jobs across the three installations and within the eastern region.
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Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Background
Redstone Arsenal is a 38,000-acre Federal installation for research, engineering, development, training, logistics, procurement, and testing for a variety of Federal agencies. More than 36,000 people work on the Arsenal for more than 55 major organizations. The primary tenant on the Arsenal is the U.S. Army. Redstone Arsenal is the center of Army missile, aviation, and missile defense program offices, and research and development (R&D) centers. The majority of the workforce is composed of highly educated civil servants and contractors. The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 decisions resulted in the realignment of seven different entities to Redstone Arsenal. The moves brought an additional 4,651 new jobs to the Arsenal and an even greater number of additional defense contractor support jobs to the region. The arrival of new organizations position Redstone Arsenal as the major center for Army materiel management and missile defense.
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Walter Reed Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Background
The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda (WRNMMC-Bethesda), formerly the National Naval Medical Center, is the premier Department of Defense (DoD) medical center offering intensive and complex specialty and sub-specialty medical services for the most seriously injured personnel from all military services. WRNMMC-Bethesda is located on the 243-acre Naval Support Activity Bethesda campus with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) located across the street.
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