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Fort Bragg Set to Get More Soldiers
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 By American Forces Press Service
Dec 20, 2007 - 3:15:07 PM
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Fort Bragg will receive about 1,400 more soldiers as part of the Army's "Grow the Army" stationing plan, base officials announced yesterday.
The Army is using the president's January 2007 plan to increase the Army by 74,200 soldiers, and Fort Bragg will receive an additional 1,405 soldiers by the end of fiscal 2013. >> Click below to read full story.
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Why Buy In Fayetteville, NC?
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BRAC military base repositioning and military transformation...that's why!
BRAC is the committee that decides which military bases close and which ones remain open and how the troops are transitioned to the remaining bases. Ft Bragg is significantly benefiting from base closures elsewhere in the United States and abroad. The Military Transformation reflects the US Armed Forces changing strategies to adapt to a changing world and has resulted in base closures in some areas and a move toward Rapid Deployment operations, such as those already in place at Ft Bragg. These two key components will have an estimated $6.5 Billion economic impact on our area and in 10 years, that figure is expected to double!
Two major commands will relocate to Ft Bragg (Fayetteville):
US Army Forces (the commander to all continental US soldiers)
Reserve Command (the commander to all reserve troops)
By 2011, it is predicted that Ft Bragg will increase its staffing by up to 23,000 additional troops! Pope Air Force base, though originally slated to close, will instead retain about 3,000 troops. By 2008, there will be an estimated $241 million in building projects occurring on Ft Bragg. Ft Bragg will be annexed in the city of Fayetteville sometime in 2006. This will put our population over 200,000!
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BRAC money to train civilians
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The U.S. Department of Labor will award a $5 million grant to help train civilian workers for high-tech jobs created around Fort Bragg by base realignment.
“This important funding will help the region prepare and seize the economic
opportunities coming with this military shift,” said Rep. Robin Hayes, a Republican
from Concord. An estimated 20,000 people are expected to move into southeastern North Carolina by 2011 due to changes resulting from the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment law.
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