2011年6月13日星期一

Muskogee to open Armed Forces Reserve Center

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and official grand opening of a new Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) located at 6800 S. Cherokee St.In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah,, is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday.From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires, The public is invited to attend.

The Muskogee Armed Forces Reserve Center is one of seven new facilities to be constructed throughout the state as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission's decision to transform and restructure the force.

The Muskogee AFRC is a 91,000-square-foot facility that cost approximately $23 million to complete.

Expected attendees include Oklahoma Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Myles Deering; Juan Rosales, chief of staff for the Army Reserve's 63rd Regional Support Command; Alan Wilson, vice president and chief design architect for Haskell Construction; and Mayor John Tyler Hammons, among others.

It will serve the National Guard troops that formerly trained here and those who trained at Henryetta, Pryor and Stilwell. It also will accommodate reserve branches of the Marine Corps, Army and Navy.Houston-based Quicksilver Resources said Friday it had reached pipeline deals There will be 60 full-time employees at the center through the week and as many as 600 for weekend training exercises.

Haskell Construction, headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., was competitively selected to design and build the Muskogee AFRC. Having completed several projects in Oklahoma in the past, Haskell worked with a number of local subcontractors and established goals for using labor and materials from Oklahoma sources to bolster the local economy.

The efficiency of the building,What to consider before you buy oil painting supplies.we supply all kinds of oil painting reproduction, coupled with the fact it will replace several less efficient armories, is expected to save a lot of money, said Oklahoma National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Dale Painter.

The old armories didn't have an area for receiving freight and storing supplies. This building has both, he said.

There also will be a large firearms vault and a room where each soldier will have a cage-type locker to store gear.

The reserve units will have a laser weapons training facility near the classroom area.

The building also has been constructed to new security standards. For example, the mail room is surrounded by concrete walls and has a separate entrance and separate ventilation system. Non-military vehicles are kept at a distance from the building.

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