Dahlgren Vol. 26, No. 4, MAY, 2016
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Dahlgren museum gets ready to celebrate
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Navy, local officials meet to discuss cooperation on issues tied to base
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U.S. Navy photo by Barbara Wagner
Colonial Beach Mayor Mike Ham presented a review of upcoming improvements at the Beach including the planned start of construction on the new Colonial Beach Elementary School at the Navy’s community relations meeting last week. Richard Leggitt
Burnett retires from NSWCDD position
Vice chief of Naval Operations visits base
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Officials from King George, Westmoreland and Colonial Beach met last week in Colonial Beach with representatives of the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren to discuss the Navy's growing economic impact on the area. "The good news is that our economic numbers are on course," said Navy Cmdr. Chris Zayatz, the executive officer of Naval Support Activity South Potomac. Cmdr. Zayatz and Colonial Beach Mayor Mike Ham were co-hosts of the meeting which was held at the High Tides restaurant on the Potomac. The Naval Support Facility,
“The Naval Support Facility Dahlgren has an annual civilian payroll of $499 million, an annual military payroll of $35 million ...” U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chris Zayatz.
which has been in operation for 98 years, is an increasingly important economic engine for the Northern Neck and the Fredericksburg area. And, Ham and the other officials attending the meeting stressed the Navy’s importance to the region. Cmdr. Zayatz noted the Navy is currently employing 4,850 civilian personnel in addition to 394 military personnel at Dahlgren. And, Zayatz said, the Navy is currently working with 4,346 military contractors, most of whom live and work in the area. “The Naval Support Facility Dahlgren has an annual civilian payroll of $499 million, an annual military payroll of $35 million and it contracts for and makes
small purchases annually totaling $1.9 billion,” Zayatz said. It was the second annual meeting of the Civilian-Military Community Council, the area group composed of civilian leaders and Navy representatives that was begun to develop and maintain productive working relationships between the military and civilian officials. At the update provided area officials last week, the Navy revealed that a new 57,000 square foot missile support facility that will include a submarine ballistic missile lavatory is under construction at the Dahlgren base.
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