Army spec ops group moving to Eglin AFB

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Army spec ops group moving to Eglin AFB
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Nov 26, 2008 6:46:59 EST

Airmen at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and nearby Hurlburt Field and Duke Field are getting new neighbors.

The Army’s 7th Special Forces Group will move to a new headquarters and training compound deep inside the Eglin Reservation. The group is now headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C.

The group’s main complex will be constructed in the middle of the vast base, about four miles west of Duke Field and about 12 miles north of the main base. The Army complex carries a price tag of about $382 million and looks to include 5.1 million square feet of construction set for completion by the end of 2011.

Training ranges are set for the woods east and west of the headquarters area.

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission directed the 7th’s move in 2005, but left it up to the Army and Air Force to decide on where to put them. Mandatory environment reviews did not end until Nov. 21.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/airforce_eglin_specialforces_112508w/%2e