New Chapel and Three Schools for Fort Bragg Included

U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that the House Armed Services Committee, of which he is a senior member, has approved more than $697 million for military construction projects for North Carolina military installations in the 2009 National Defense Authorization Bill. The bill includes a brand new Chapel which Rep. McIntyre had specifically requested, as well as three new schools for Fort Bragg.

In noting the benefits to Southeastern North Carolina’s bases, Congressman McIntyre stated, “This is a win-win for our military installations and the communities that support them! The 2009 funding includes a grand total of $179 million for Fort Bragg to continue improvements at this premier installation, and Camp Lejeune will receive $353 million.”

The bill also includes $11.6 million for a new Chapel at Fort Bragg and $8.6 million for a Defense Access Roads project that will assist with road widening projects around the base.

Furthermore, the bill includes a 3.9 percent pay increase and prohibits increases in health care fees, $932 million for key operations and maintenance needs, $800 million for equipment specifically for the National Guard and Reserve units, and a $70 billion bridge for the fights in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The military construction projects include all those contained in the original budget request with the addition of the two Fort Bragg projects highlighted above.

Ft. Bragg

· Chapel $11,600,000

· Defense Access Roads $8,600,000

· Access Roads Phase I $13,200,000

· Training Support Center $20,500,000

· Utility Upgrade (Camp Mackall) $3,200,000

· Mass Casualty Facility $1,300,000

· DOD Education – New Elementary School $28,170,000

· DOD Education – New Intermediate School $27,945,000

· DOD New Middle School $22,356,000

Special Operations Command

· SOF Expand Training Compound $14,200,000

· SOF Headquarters Facility $14,600,000

· SOF Security/Force Protection $4,150,000

· SOF Training Facility $5,300,000

Camp Lejeune

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Camp Johnson $38,230,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Camp Johnson $23,760,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, French Creek $33,960,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Hadnot Point $39,890,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Hadnot Point $39,320,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Courthouse Bay $35,890,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Hadnot Point $42,950,000

· Child Development Center $13,960,000

· Consolidated Messhall, Hadnot Point (200 area) $25,000,000

· Infantry Platoon Battle Course $18,250,000

· Messhall, Hadnot Point (400 area) $21,660,000

· Mod K-Ranges (phase 2) $20,220,000

Cherry Point

· 2nd MAW Command Operations Facility $30,480,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters $30,100,000

· Engineering Product Support Facility $16,840,000

New River

· Aircraft Parking Apron Addition $6,830,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters $36,740,000

· Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, MCAS $25,620,000

· Enlisted Dining Facility $17,090,000

Army Reserve, Raleigh

· Army Reserve Center/Land $25,581,000

McIntyre is a member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities and the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.