Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, announced Tuesday that Fort Leonard Wood will receive an additional $111 million for two trainee barracks projects this year.
This funding is in addition to more than $175 million for construction projects at Fort Leonard Wood included in the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.
“As the Army grows, we must have the training facilities the men and women who volunteer to serve our country deserve,” Skelton said. “Longstanding concerns about the age and condition of some military training facilities led Congress to include $350 million to improve troop trainee barracks in last year’s defense bill. I am very pleased that Fort Leonard Wood will be one of the installations to receive this critical funding.”
