{"id":143810,"date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=143810"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:21:06","slug":"ribbon-cutting-ceremony-inaugurates-barrack-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=143810","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon-cutting ceremony inaugurates Barrack 100"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The completion of Barrack 100 was celebrated Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Cavazos. Fort Cavazos leadership, community leadership and Soldiers gathered in front of the newly constructed building, which lies within the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

The $49.6 million barrack is the first to be built from the ground up on the installation since 2012 and will house 250 69th ADA Bde. Soldiers in two-Soldier suites \u2014 as a one plus one configuration. The project was funded by Congress in 2020 under the National Defense Authorization Act.
\u201cThe funding for Barracks 100 came directly from Congress in 2020 ($32 million) and then an additional $17.6 million in 2021 when bids exceeded the original budget,\u201d said Brian Dosa, Directorate of Public Works director. \u201cAs the chair of the MILCON (Military Construction) subcommittee, Rep. John Carter was instrumental in funding the project.\u201d
Col. Brian C. Campbell, 69th ADA Bde. commander, said the new barrack will be a great addition to the unit\u2019s footprint.
\u201cThis barrack will improve the quality of life for these Soldiers by providing modern barracks rooms located on the campus where they work,\u201d he said.
Lt. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos commanding general, welcomed the attendees and thanked the Fort Cavazos community for their unending support. Bernabe stressed that he prioritizes the care of Soldiers at Fort Cavazos by ensuring they are provided proper training, nutritious meals and empathetic, engaged leadership, as well as a great place to live, which Barrack 100 will fulfill for Soldiers living on-post.
\u201cHere at Fort Cavazos, we renovate our existing barracks every chance we get and then, as fiscal resources allow, we absolutely invest in new barracks,\u201d he said.
Bernabe shared that more than 70 barracks have been renovated in the last 12 years and 15 more are actively being renovated throughout the installation.
\u201cI\u2019m happy and proud of the work that we\u2019ve put into those existing barracks and I\u2019m even happier to be standing here today as we prepare to cut the ribbon on this brand new building that will soon house our great Soldiers,\u201d he expressed.
Soldiers in 69th ADA Bde. are eager to occupy Barrack 100, as it minimizes their commute to work, and the one-plus-one configuration of the rooms will allow for more privacy and a space to designate as their own. In addition to having their own rooms, each with a walk-in closet and will share a larger, open kitchenette area as well as a bathroom.<\/p>\n

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Spc. Damien Knapp, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th ADA Bde., lives in a currently existing barrack (Building 39004) where he and a roommate share a small communal space in the kitchen area, and they each have a bedroom and desk area that are adjacent to each other. He expressed excitement in
possibly being able to move into the larger space in Barrack 100 because it would allow him to do more, specifically gaming, which is what he does to wind down after work.
\u201cI think having a better space to live in will be better for my own personal morale,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing able to put up more of my stuff instead of having it packed in boxes in the closet. And being able to set up some of my knick knacks and decorations.\u201d
Dosa was pleased to see the culmination of two years of planning and construction and said the Soldiers are well worth the effort.
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t do anything without our Soldiers,\u201d Dosa said. \u201cWe have great
equipment, we have great leaders, but we need Soldiers. We want to provide a quality, safe, healthy place for them to live that will be commensurate with their service.\u201d
He said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division was vital to the
building process.
\u201cUSACE was responsible for contracting and project oversight,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was executed by our local geographic district in Fort Worth, whose higher HQ is Southwest Division in Dallas. USACE\u2019s role was instrumental in the project\u2019s success from project acquisition to contracting to quality assurance of construction by MW Builders.\u201d
Bernabe concluded by saying that this project and the other barrack projects being carried out can only be accomplished by a team.
\u201cIt took a team effort to get us to this point,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, I think it\u2019s certainly appropriate that we pull the team up here to help cut this ribbon. And, it\u2019s certainly a great thing that the Soldiers that are going to call this (barrack) home get to be a part of this and get to witness this. To the Soldiers from 69th (ADA Bde.) that are about to call this their home away from home, let me just say,\u00a0congratulations\u00a0and welcome home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fort Cavazos leadership cut the ribbon during a ceremony Thursday at Barrack 100 commemorating the barrack’s completion. (Photo Credit: Blair Dupre, Fort Cavazos Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL The completion of Barrack 100 was celebrated Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Cavazos. Fort Cavazos leadership, community leadership and Soldiers gathered in front of the newly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143812,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143816,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143810\/revisions\/143816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}