Ft. Riley bustling with construction activity

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A worker covers fresh concrete on the third floor of a new barracks at Fort Riley, Kan., in this 2006 photo.


Ft. Riley bustling with construction activity
By John Milburn - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 9, 2007 11:56:44 EST

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Though more than half the soldier population is deployed to war, an army of another kind continues to toil.

They are electricians, carpenters, truck drivers and painters. Combined, they represent a continuation of the effort started more than two years ago to make room for the 1st Infantry Division’s return from Germany.

“It’s absolutely mind-boggling the amount of work we are getting accomplished,” said Michael Goreham, chief of master planning for Fort Riley.

The goal is to build enough new facilities to handle a projected soldier population of more than 19,000 in the next three years, at least 9,000 higher than the post has had.

That means more barracks, offices, maintenance facilities, hangars for helicopters and other support structures.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_fortriley_071209/



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