2010 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army

West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2010state Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC)• $4.9 million addition to the GassawayArmory• $13.9 million ChalleNGe Academy at CampDawson• four pre-engineered buildings at a cost of$1.2 millionProjects underway in 2010 ($165 mil)• $70.6 million transformation of theRegional Training Institute into the Robert C.Byrd Joint Interagency Training and EducationCenter at Camp Dawson• $2 million project to improve Camp Dawsonsecurity by updating the access control point• $11.8 million multi-purpose building atCamp Dawson for indoor recreation, additionalclassroom space• Two range projects consisting of a $2.4million indoor shoot-house and a $5 millionModified Record Fire range at Camp Dawson• $2.5 million Family Readiness Center at theCharleston headquarters complex• $4 million Child Care Center at theCharleston complex• $4.2 million, 16,000 square foot additionto the St. Albans armory to upgrade HVACsystems, improve utility and fire services, andadd administrative, classroom, storage andsupply areas• New Armed Forces Reserve Centersauthorized by the 1995 Base Realignment andClosure Act. State funds were added to theMillwood and Fairmont projects to expandfacilities for civic/local use centers.m Fairmont - $25.8 millionm Elkins - $15.4 millionm Millwood - $21.5 million -- will be jointlyoperated with the United States Army ReserveProjects planned to 2015 ($267 mil)• Emergency power generation and infrastructureupgrades around the state• Readiness Centers at Morgantown, Moorefield,Buckhannon, Logan, and Parkersburg• United States Property and Fiscal Office andField Maintenance Shop at Buckhannon jointArmy and Air National Guard Armed ForcesReserve Center at the Martinsburg Airbase• Parachute Rigging Facility at Morgantown• Joint State Operations Center in Charleston• Expansion of the Bridgeport Fixed WingArmy Aviation Training Site.Throughout the next 10 years newconstruction is planned to support theWVARNG’s vision and growth, improveinfrastructure, stimulate economic development,improve unit readiness, and provide a solidfoundation for the future.Surface Maintenance OfficeThe Surface Maintenance Office directs andadministers surface maintenance programs andmaintenance operations for the West VirginiaArmy National Guard through a full-time staff ofmilitary and contract service personnel workingin 10 maintenance facilities.Maintenance shops supporting ArmyGuard units are located in Eleanor, Kingwood,Moundsville, Parkersburg, Buckhannon, GlenJean, Summersville and Kenova.A special maintenance operation, the SpecialForces equipment pool, commonly referred toas the parachute rigger shop, supports airborneoperations by Special Forces units in WestVirginia, as well as those from Ohio, Maryland,Rhode Island, and other units in the northeasternregion of the United States.Communications and Electronics Commandbrought a long-term generator reset program tothe Point Pleasant maintenance facility, whichemploys 35 contractors. This program supportsactive Army units and National Guard units thathave returned from service in Iraq or Afghanistanand need power generation equipment repaired.CECOM also contracted with the ArmyGuard to provide Basic Issue Items for all linesof generators produced by Letterkenny ArmyDepot.38 39