Over $1.36 billion is programmed for fiscal years 2007 to 2011 to fund BRAC construction requirements at
Fort Lee. This includes $1.2 billion in Army requirements to support the establishment of the SCoE, $47 million in DOD requirements (for the DeCA and DCMA moves to
Fort Lee), and $88 million in joint requirements (for the Air Force and Navy culinary and Air Force transportation management relocations to
Fort Lee).
Programmed funding for BRAC construction requirements at
Fort Lee totals over $1.3 billion for fiscal years 2007 to 2011--$1.2 billion in Army requirements, $47 million in Department of Defense (DOD) requirements, and $88 million in joint requirements.
"We are getting the theory and practice taught at the Defense Acquisition University at
Fort Lee.
Located immediately over the George Washington Bridge and one block from
Fort Lee High School, the center is anchored by Walgreens and includes such national cotenants as Verizon, Five Guys, I GNC, and an HSBC Bank branch that boasts over $115 million in deposits.
The uncasing of the ordnance colors at
Fort Lee signifies the start of a new era for the Ordnance Center and Schools.
The new home of the Ordnance Corps at
Fort Lee is being built on a former field training exercise site.
Twenty50, a new luxury rental building near the George Washington Bridge in
Fort Lee, N J, will officially open this month, officials from developer BNE Real Estate Group announced.
The Army Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School's (OMMS's)technical training departments are moving from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to
Fort Lee, Virginia, by the end of 2011.
BNE Real Estate Group has topped off of Twenty50, marking the completion of vertical construction at the new luxury rental building in
Fort Lee.
Field Manual Interim 3-35, Army Deployment and Redeployment, defines deployment as "the movement of forces to an operational area in response to an order." By that definition, the unit moves that are taking place in response to the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) report can be called "deployments." This year, the Army Ordnance Center and Schools, the 61st Ordnance Brigade, and the 16th Ordnance Battalion are deploying from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to
Fort Lee, Virginia.
Tucker Development Corporation announced that Hudson Lights--the company's mixed-use development planned for more than eight acres in the heart of downtown
Fort Lee, N.J.--has received site plan approval from the
Fort Lee Borough Planning Board.