The monthly BRAC Community Update is held the first Tuesday of every month at 3 p.m. at the National Infantry Museum. This event is free and open to the public. There will be a time for questions after the update, and a representative from the Civilian Personnel Advisory Center will be on hand to help those seeking employment navigate the hiring process.

1. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 1Fort Benning, the Home of the Best Soldiers, Leaders and Families in the Army!
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Community Update
October 5, 2010

2. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 2
One Force, One Fight!
• BRAC 2005 established 9
“Centers of Excellence”
― MCoE
• Armor School here by 9/15/11
• Reserve Centers consolidate
• 43rd Equipment Concentration Site
from Ft. Gillem to FBGA
• 70 soldiers and DA civilians here
Armor School’s Advance Party
• Expect largest influx of Soldiers
and Civilians/Contractors to arrive
in summer

3. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 3
Infantry School Commandant Armor School Commandant
Fort Benning Leaders
MCoE Deputy Commanding
General – To be announced
MG Mike Ferriter
COL (P) Ted MartinBG Bryan Owens
MCoE Commander

4. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 4
MCoE Change of Command
MG Mike Ferriter
MCoE Commander
MG Robert Brown
New MCoE Commander
Chief of staff for United
States Army, Europe in
Heidelberg, Germany
Change of command ceremony 3 p.m. Nov. 4 at Soldiers Field, National
Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park

5. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 5
Fort Benning by the Numbers
• Comprises 182,000 square acres
– 170,000 Square Acres in
Georgia
– 12,000 Square Acres in
Alabama
• 120,000 military, family
members, retirees, civil service
employees and defense
contractors here daily
• 52% of Army’s Initial Entry
Training occurs here
• Graduations impact region by
more than $1M monthly
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6. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 6
BRAC by the Numbers
• Spending $2M daily on construction
• Will re-shape over 20,000 acres
• 6 million additional sq. ft. of facilities
―Currently 20,000,000+
• 19 additional ranges
• 6 additional training areas
• 140 additional miles roads and trails
• 13 additional bridges
• 30,000 additional personnel trained
annually [144,000]
―Currently trains 114,000 personnel
annually

7. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 7
The MCoE Will:
• Increase our contract support by 80%~
• Increase civilian permanent party support
by 62%*
• Increase military permanent party by 21%
• Increase our course load from 61 to 100
• Bring 28,000 additional residents to the
Chattahoochee Valley
• Bring about 6,800 families and more than
6,200 school age children
• Create an estimated 10,000 jobs
• About 2,400 more employees are working
on Fort Benning since BRAC was
announced in November, 2005
Related Quality of Life growth
and expansion:
Expand access control points,
new PX, hospital, three child care
centers, two gyms, two chapels
and upgrade housing

8. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 8
BRAC Unit Relocation Timeline
As Of 5 October 2010, 344 Days Remain To Complete BRAC
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
CY09 CY10 CY11 CY 12
FY12FY11
CY07
FY08 FY09 FY10
CY08
ArmorSchool
Band 1 - Basic Training, CPTs Career Course, SLC
Today
344 Days
43rdECS,
81stRRC
Advance Party
Band 2 - 91 A (Armor Mechanics), 91M (Bradley Mechanics)
AdvancedLeaders Courses
BRAC Deadline
15 Sep 2011
43rd EquipmentConcentration Site, Ft Gillem; AFRCs
Band 4 – 19K (Armor), 19D (Cavalry/Scout) One Station
Unit Training, Armor Officer Basic Course
Band 3 – Functional Courses (Master Gunner, Mobile Gun System,
Tank Commanders Course, Marine Advanced Individual Training
Hiring Being Conducted For:
Civil Service and
Defense Contractors:
USAARMS, USAIS, AFRC,
MWR, MACH, DENTAC, Vet Clinic,
AFEES, and Base Operations,
Primary
Movement
Of Families
Begins
March 2011

9. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 9
Major Construction Awards in
Sept. 2010 ($82M)
• Blood Donor Clinic Sand Hill
• Transportation Motorpool Expansion Sand Hill
• Barracks Renovation Sand Hill
• Barracks Renovation Main Post
• Wilson Elementary School Gym

10. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 10
Road Construction Continues
Dixie Road and Marne Road Bridge Expansion
 Ground breaking activities start Oct. 2010
 Traffic changes o/a Jan 2011, and finish Sept. 2011
 Adds Lindsey Creek Interchange
 Expands Dixie Rd to four lanes to Sightseeing Rd
 Expands Marne Road bridge to four lanes and adds Southbound
ramp
8th Division Road Expansion through Harmony Church
 Bridge across Highway 27 & 280 now open

11. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 11
Make New Friends Around the World
• Number of international students increasing
at Fort Benning
• Need for Host Families grows
• Meet families at Commander’s Gathering
this evening, 7 pm in the Bibb Room,
The River Mill Event Center, 3715 First Ave.
• Call ISTD 706-545-2442 or 706-575-8854 or
email RSVP rosemary.spencer@us.army.mil
• Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Croatia, Georgia,
Jordan, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
Montenegro, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, Slovenia, Swaziland, and Taiwan
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12. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 12
12
Armor Tanks Fire
• Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and tank
crews fired on the
DMPRC
• 1,800-acre
complex

13. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 13
Armor Equipment Arrives
• 1st delivery of
Armor School
equipment arrived
Sept. 7
• About $1.2 billion
equipment shipping
• Between 2000 and
4000 trucks arriving
before Oct. 2011
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14. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 14
Armor Collection Arriving
• Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor
moving collection into temporary
storage here
• Then to Armor Climate Controlled
Storage Facility around Dec. 2012
• Collection used for training
• Public accessible, privately funded
Armor museum to be built on Patriot
Park
• Stephen Allie, MCoE Museum Division
Chief
– Responsible for both the Armor and
Infantry museums
National Armor and Cavalry
Heritage Foundation
http://armorcavalrymuseum.org/ind
ex.html

15. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 15
Housing is Available
• 4000 units on post
• Units Occupied/Available*:
3,066/3,891 (79%)
• Off post housing referral:
The Housing Services Office
(HSO) 706-545-3921 or
6610
*Units not in renovation
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16. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 16
Basic Allowance for Housing
Effective 1 JAN 2010

17. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 17Mission & Installation Contracting Command UNCLASSIFIED Contracting for Soldiers
UNCLASSIFIED
Mission & Installation
Contracting Command (MICC)
“BRAC” and
Doing Business With
Fort Benning, Georgia
Presented by: Stephen Magner
October 5, 2010

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05 October 2010 18
Federal Acquisition

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05 October 2010 19
Federal Acquisition
Know your “Niche” !
Service
Supply
Construction

20. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 20
Federal Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction

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05 October 2010 21
Government Purchase Card
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
“Self Service Supply Center” (SSSC)
is a mandatory source for the Army!
WARNING! :

22. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 22
Government Purchase Card
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
http://www.dlis.dla.mil/emall.asp
DoD Emall is a mandatory
source for the Army!
WARNING! :

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05 October 2010 23
Advertising
Samples of Local
Publications

24. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 24
Federal Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction

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05 October 2010 25
Simplified Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advgsa/advantage/main/start_page.do

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05 October 2010 26
Simplified Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
http://www.fedbid.com

27. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 27
Federal Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction

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05 October 2010 28
Complex Contracts
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/
https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/

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05 October 2010 29
Federal Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
Prime Contractor
Subcontractor
Supplier

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05 October 2010 30
Federal Acquisition
Service
Supply
Construction
Prime Contractor
Subcontractor
Supplier
http://www.ccr.gov/

31. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 31
Federal Acquisition
Prime Contractor
Subcontractor
Supplier http://web.sba.gov/subnet/search/index.cfm

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05 October 2010 32
Federal Acquisition
Government Purchase Card
Simplified Acquisition
Complex Contracts
Service
Supply
Construction
Prime Contractor
Subcontractor
Supplier: Market to all !

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05 October 2010 33
Opportunities
& Marketing
Thru
FedBizOpps

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05 October 2010 34
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05 October 2010 35
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05 October 2010 36
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05 October 2010 37
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05 October 2010 38
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05 October 2010 41
https://www.fedbizopps.gov

42. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 42
Interested Vendors List

43. Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
05 October 2010 43
Federal Acquisition
Point of contact is . . . .

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Next Update: 2 November 2010
Training Adaptive Leaders and Soldiers
for an Army at war
https://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/