Reed announces $20M for new National Guard Readiness Center in East Greenwich

R.I. SEN. JACK F. REED, center, said $20 million from a $74.9 billion fiscal 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill has been earmarked to build a new, National Guard Readiness Center in East Greenwich. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER
R.I. SEN. JACK F. REED, center, said $20 million from a $74.9 billion fiscal 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill has been earmarked to build a new, National Guard Readiness Center in East Greenwich. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

EAST GREENWICH – U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed said $20 million from a $74.9 billion fiscal 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill has been earmarked to build a new, state-of-the-art National Guard Readiness Center.

“This bill honors our commitment to our veterans and makes key investments in enhancing our security. The new National Guard Readiness Center will help our citizen soldiers train for their mission, whether it is overseas or responding to major disasters here at home. I am pleased to help deliver federal resources to create an improved environment for our soldiers and the community here in East Greenwich,” Reed said in a statement.

The $20 million project will construct a new 80,000-square-foot Readiness Center to support training, administrative and logistical requirements for the Army and Air National Guard.
The current Command Readiness Center, in Cranston, lacks adequate administrative space, classrooms, locked storage space and an assembly hall for unit formations – all of which adversely affect its ability to meet readiness, retention and training objectives, according to information from Reed’s office.

The ANG has a $1,205,000 joint share for this project and the state of Rhode Island has a $4,962,000 share based on sole use space.

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The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted a separate measure. The two bills must now be negotiated and reconciled in a conference committee, a news release stated.

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