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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME

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ALU U

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AGENCIES S

AIT TRAINING

CHANGE OF COMMAND D

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WELCOME Welcome To Fort Lee Since it’s beginnings, the Army post in central Virginia has been primarily a training facility. The post was established in 1917 to train soldiers for World War I. In World War II, what was then known as Camp Lee trained more than 300,000 soldiers. But Fort Lee underwent a transformation due to the 2005 Base Realignment And Closure process. In just under six years, 56 buildings were constructed on Fort Lee. Another four were renovated and millions of dollars in infrastructure were invested into the Army base. The end result: the largest growth of the post in more than 60 years, $1.2 billion in investment with 4.7 million square feet of new building space About 70,000 troops now pass through Fort Lee’s classrooms each year, making it the third largest training site in the Army. The growth of the post also Soldiers render salute at the Change in Command Ceremony

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turned Fort Lee into a “purple” post. All branches of the Armed Forces — Navy, Air Force, Marines and Army — now train on Fort Lee. But the main training is Army related – specifically the Army Ordnance School, Army Transportation School and Army Quartermaster School. Many of the soldier-students will get classroom training at the Army Logistics University. The base also has tenants such as the headquarters of the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Defense Commissary Agency — DeCA. DeCA is responsible for stocking commissaries around the world. Fort Lee is also home to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum and the U.S. Army Women’s Museum. Finally, Fort Lee hosts one of the premiere events in the military.The annual Military Culinary Arts

Competitive Training Event features the top military chefs from across the U.S. Armed Forces competing in a military-style “Top Chef ” competition. Fort Lee finished most of its massive transformation in late 2011, although the base is always improving in order to make home to all the soldiers coming here for training. Fort Lee is now firmly established in its role as one of the Army’s largest training bases.

The Posting of the Colors at the Women’s Army Corp sign dedication

A member of the Black Daggers paratroopers airbourne

This warrior figure ure is a tribute to all Armyy women who have served inn defense on. of our nation.

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ACCESS Following months of traffic studies and input, Fort Lee made changes to its gate hours to relieve weekend congestion for post visitors and residents. Starting Aug. 6, weekend visitors will no longer access the post via the drive-thru Visitor Control Center at the Sisisky Boulevard Gate, but rather the VCC at the Lee Avenue Gate, which previously had been closed on weekends since January. The Lee Avenue Gate and its VCC along Route 36 will be open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends and federal holidays. At the same time, the gate at Mahone Avenue, accessible via Route 460, will close on weekends and federal holidays, allowing its guards to shift to the Lee Avenue Gate. Tony Dewitt, director of Emergency Services at Fort Lee, said that there were not enough terminals or lanes at the Sisisky drive-thru VCC to accommodate the growing number of weekend visitors to Fort Lee, which leads to potentially hazardous traffic back-ups extending as far back as Route 36. “The Lee VCC has the capacity to handle the hourly demand for visitor passes during peak hours,” DeWitt said. The Sisisky Boulevard Gate will continue as the 24-hour Cars line up at the Lee Avenue gate

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main access point for those with proper military identification, and its drive-thru VCC will still be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. All other gate hours remain the same. The full gate schedule as of August 6 is as followed: Sisisky Boulevard: Always open Lee Avenue: 5 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday - Friday; 6 a.m. 11 p.m. weekends and federal holidays Mahone Avenue: 5 a.m. - 11 p.m., Monday - Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays A Avenue: 5 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday - Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays Shop Road (commercial vehicle entrance): 6 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays – commercial vehicles must use the main gate when Shop Road gate is closed and may leave the post via any gate at all times Temple Avenue: 4:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (inbound and outbound) and 4-6 p.m. (outbound only) Monday - Friday; closed weekends and federal holidays Jackson Circle: Always open to staff, residents and authorized guests

ORDNANCE From the signing of the Base Realignment And Closure decision into law in 2005 to the snip of scissors in September 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than 50 new buildings were built on post and $1.2 billion was spent in expansion on Fort Lee. Much of that expansion and many of those new buildings were for the Ordnance Corps. What began as a patch of pine trees is now a bustling campus featuring barracks, a dining facility, a medical clinic, and instructional areas for ordnance students learning small-wheeled vehicle repair, tracked vehicle repair, maintenance for small arms, and repair and maintenance of air conditioners, generators and other items that keep the Army moving, powered up and defended. More than 20 Military Occupational Specialities in the ordnance field are trained at Fort Lee. The school is responsible for the training of more than 28,000 students annually.

The Ordnance Corps is one of the oldest branches of the Army, officially founded on May 14, 1812. It is perhaps most well associated with Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. That was the home of the Ordnance Center and School for more than 65 years before it moved most of its training and its headquarters to Fort Lee as part of the Base Realignment And Closure growth at Fort Lee. The new campus is dedicated to train approximately 70 percent of all Ordnance personnel. The Ordnance School train 23,900 students every year. The remaining personnel are trained at one of six other locations across the United States. In 2011, the Ordnance Corps consists of approximately 2,700 officers, 3,000 warrant officers, and 100,000 soldiers serving on active duty or with the Nationa National Guard or Army Reserve. Students in the vehicle recovery specialty work to pull an M1 tank from a muddy water pit

Checking circuits in a power generator during the D Module portion of the Power Generation Equpment Repair Course

A Small Armsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Artillery Repairer Course student works on the barrel of an M-16

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TRANSPORTATION Soldiers who help their units deploy overseas and back again train at Fort Lee every day. The headquarters and some training for the Army’s Transportation Management School moved to Fort Lee as part of the Base Realignment and Closure decision of 2005. Training the 88N Military Occupational Speciality — Transportation Management Coordinator — moved to Fort Lee along with Mobility Warrant Officer training as part of the BRAC related growth of the post. The 88N MOS is an important one because soldiers with that job are the ones that pack planes for deployment to an area of operations and for the redeployment back home. The Transportation School on Fort Lee has two real Transportation corps soldiers prepare a set of flatbed train cars for loading a pair of trucks

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aircraft that soldiers train with — a C-130 and a C-17 — so that they can learn just how to pack an aircraft. At Fort Eustis, where some elements of the Transportation School remain, soldiers trained on mockups of the planes. The 88N course is six weeks and one day. An entire day is devoted to training on the full-size simulators, including the two airplanes and a rail spur with rail cars on it for practicing loading and unloading of wheeled vehicles. The Transportation School trains 4,772 students every year. While some of the transportation courses have moved to Fort Lee, including the Advanced Leadership Courses for Non-Commissioned Officers, which is located at

the Army Logistics University, several veral other MOS training courses are still at Fort Eustis. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in part due to the unique facilities available at Fort Eustis including 27 miles of railroad track that can allow a train to get up to speeds of 35 mph â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the necessary speed for locomotive engineer training and certification. Fort Eustis also ofon, fers the 7th Sustainment Battallion, which has watercraft essential forr hich training 88K and 88L MOSs, which deal with watercraft

Transportation corps soldiers practice loading a forklift onto the static C-17 plane

Transportation Corps soldiers have access to facilities including two plane fuselages and a set of railcars.

Transportation Management Coordinator students walk into a C-17 Globemaster fuselage

Transportation Management nagementt nts strap Coordinator students down a truck insidee a C-17 selage Globemaster fuselage

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QUARTERMASTERS The U.S. Army Quartermaster School has a long history at Fort Lee. Before its transformation into a larger logistical training base, Fort Lee was known primarily as home to quartermasters. That can easily be seen with the location of the U.S. Army Quartermasters Museum at Fort Lee. In October 1940, the land that had been Camp Lee was once again returned to military service in the buildup to World War II. Even before the first barracks were constructed, raw recruits for the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center moved into tents in the heart of Camp Lee to begin training. In October 1941, the Quartermaster School moved from Philadelphia to Camp Lee to begin training officers U.S. Army Quartermasters Museum

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and noncommissioned officers in the art of military supply and service. Since that time Fort Lee has remained the home of Quartermaster training. Currently, the Quartermaster School consists of seven training organizations: Joint Culinary Center of Excellence,Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department, Logistics Training Department, Joint Mortuary Affairs Center, Operations and Training Management Directorate, Petroleum and Water Department and Reserve Component Affairs Office. The Quartermaster School at Fort Lee trains 31,691 students each year. The Quartermaster Corps provides support to the Army in a variety of ways including General Supply

(except for ammunition and medical supplies), Mortuary Affairs, Subsistence (food service), Petroleum and Water, Field Services, Aerial Delivery, Shower, Laundry, Fabric/Light Textile Repair and Materiel & Distribution Management. Despite many changes, the fundamental mission of the Quartermaster Corps remains the same - supporting the individual combat soldier in the field. That mission is reflection in the regimental motto of “Supporting Victory.”

Soldiers in the Advanced Individual Training course for mortuary affairs

Commandant’s Challenge teams senior leaders with enlisted culinary experts.

General Patton’s Jeep display inside the U.S. Quartermasters Museum

A soldier and a Marine had an impromptu oil taste test with Chef Robert Irvine

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ALU Fort Lee is often referred to as the premier learning institution for logistics, and the premier school is Army Logistics University. Fort Lee trains Quartermaster, Transportation and Ordnance soldiers in a variety of Military Occupational Specialties. But, to further their learning and military careers many of those soldiers will come back and learn at ALU. Completed in 2009 and with a total project cost of about $130 million, the university was one of the largest Base Realignment And Closure growth projects on post and represents the merger of the transportation, quartermaster and ordnance branches into the Army Logistics Branch.

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The professional military school resembles an all-inclusive small-college campus situated on 46 acres with more than 300,000 square-feet of building space. The university is responsible for training military students from 63 foreign countries and will house approximately 2,300 students daily when it is fully operational. The Army Logistics University trains 23,505 students each year, including 1,083 international students. The total average daily student population at ALU is 2,300 soldiers. At its opening July 2, 2009 Congressman Randy Forbes, R-Va., described Fort Lee as the logistics capital of the world.

The Army Logistics University is situated on a 46-acre campus.

Students use computers at the Army Logistics University.

No university would be complete with a full-service library.

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CHANGE Few daily tasks are more important to a soldier than maintaining physical fitness, and like in so many other ways, Fort Lee is on the cutting edge. Fort Lee cut the ribbon on a new 40,000-square-feet fitness facility in June, allowing soldiers and other authorized users to immediately take advantage of more than $700,000 in Post Field House renovations and functional fitness equipment. The Strength Performance Center joins the MacLaughlin and Clark Fitness Centers to offer the community more and varied options for exercise, said Dan Gauvin, the center’s facility manager. “A big reason we wanted this center was because our other facilities are getting overcrowded,” said Gauvin. “We didn’t foresee the approval for a new facility, so we decided to preempt that and renovate the Post Field House to meet that need. With the help from Army G-9, we were able to get additional funding for equipment and as a pilot program, we are among the first to get some of the equipment through the bulk-buy program.”

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The new facility features equipment including weighted sled pulls, tires, agility ladders, TRX suspension trainers, treadmills, ellipticals, spinning bikes, rowing machines, saunas, and more. Planned fitness class will include TRX suspension training, CrossFit and Wellbeats virtual training classes. “This center is different because it focuses on functional fitness,” said Gauvin. “We have 3,000-square feet of Astroturf, so we can do things like tire flips, rope pulls or sled pushes. There are more areas for circuit training for individuals or groups to come in and design their own program.” Another way they are bringing technology to the new fitness center is through a program called WellBeats. It offers virtual training in one of the side rooms where a pre-programmed instructor – whose image is projected onto the wall – guides users through the class. There are more than 225 classes available, from kickboxing to yoga to cycling. The room also has a variety of fitness equipment available to use with the virtual sessions.

“In the beginning, we will set upp a class cllass schedule to show a variety of the offerings and the classes will start at that time,” said Gauvin. “There iss no ass waiting for other people in the class or the instructor. Best of all, it’s completely free. This system is a direct result of an Army Family Action Plan request for free fitness classes.” Eventually, people will be able to ke select the classes they want to take on a first come, first-served basis.. If it’s a popular offering, there are addialled in tional systems that could be installed other locations across the fitness centers centers.

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AGENCIES The agency responsible for making sure that federal, and allied government supplies and services are delivered on time, at projected cost, and meet all performance requirements along with the headquarters for the military’s grocery stores are both located at Fort Lee. The Defense Contract Management Agency moved its headquarters to Fort Lee as part of the Base Realignment and Closure growth of the installation that concluded in September 2011. The growth on post began with the 2005 round of Base Realignment And Closure decisions that was signed into law by then President George W. Bush. The agency moved into the former Combined Arms Support Command headquarters on post, which underwent a $17 million renovation. The agency worldwide has more than 10,400 civilian employees and more than 500 military employees that execute contract management responsibilities covering more than 20,000 conDefense Commissary Agency

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tractors with more than $1.7 trillion in value as of July 2012. In moving to Fort Lee from Alexandria, DCMA Director Charles E. Williams Jr., said that the post is an ideal location for the agency. “In many ways, Fort Lee is an ideal location for DCMA. Each day, we find ourselves surrounded by the very customer we serve — the warfighters,” Williams said in September 2011. “Their presence is a great reminder to us of the importance of delivering quality products and services, on time and on cost.” While DCMA is a relatively new tenant on post, the Defense Commissary Agency — DeCA, has been on Fort Lee for more than 20 years. While DeCA didn’t grow through BRAC, the agency which has an annual sales figure of close to $6 billion, did receive $21 million dollar renovation as operations were consolidated to Fort Lee.

There are a total of 832 DeCA employees located on post. The agency is responsible for stocking commissaries around the world, making sure that products familiar to soldiers are available and close at hand. Other military organizations housed at Fort Lee include, the U.S. Army Software Engineering Center, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Center, Kenner Army Health Clinic, Defense Military Pay Office and the Global Combat Support System - Army.

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AIT TRAINING Spc. Brandon Johnson is a culinary specialist in the Army Reserve, undergoing the nine-week Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Lee for his job, along with dozens of other soldiers. It’s all built up to this though: graduation day, as Johnson and his classmates get to walk across the parade grounds. “It’s all been leading up to this day,” said Johnson. “I’ve learned so much here, grown a lot here, had to have my NCO’s set me straight a few times along the way, but as a whole, I’m going to owe a lot to my time here in AIT.” Some, like Johnson, will head home as members of the Army Reserve or the National Guard. Others will be heading to their first duty stations on active duty. Every one of them though will be leaving Fort Lee as a soldier, with AIT at Fort Lee serving as a critical part of their

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growth and training as members of the United States Armed Forces. AIT, or Advanced Individual Training, is where soldiers fresh out of Basic Combat Training go to learn the skills required of their MOS, before being assigned to their unit. For bases like Fort Lee, which is home to the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, U.S. Army Ordnance School, and U.S. Army Transportation School, as well as the Army Logistics University, this makes job training and education a critical part of the base’s mission, which brings with it all sorts of challenges. “It’s a very different kind of mission here, one where we have to be teachers as much as we are NCO’s,” according to one sergeant. “That makes what we do all the more critical though, as what we teach them here, they will all

carry back to their units.” That presents any number of challenges for these NCO’s and company commanders, with what is often a group of hundreds of soldiers tasked to a dozen NCO’s, where working 12 hour days are the rule, not the exception, according to 1st Sgt. Christopher Hampton, who is a member of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade. “We receive all Soldiers coming from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, Fort Leonard Wood, and Fort Benning,” said Hampton. “From

AIT soldiers are learning how to cook potato salad at Fort Lee

Soldiers in the kitchen at Fort Lee

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AIT TRAINING the minute we get them off the bus or receive them from POVs, we’re pulling, checking and validating orders, building class rosters and putting them in the system, and when the units pick up their soldiers here, those soldiers are ready to start classes the next day.” In addition to the educational and instructional aspect, another critical aspect is the social one, where the AIT soldiers learn about daily life as part of a unit. Of all the experiences of AIT so far that surprised Spc. Johnson the most , one of the biggest is the diversity of people in his company. Johnson points out members of his company hail from as far off as Guam and Puerto Rico, from cities as large as Philadelphia or as small as Paxton, Nebraska, and even includes two immigrants from China, one who speaks Cantonese and one who speaks

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Mandarin. “One of the things I’ve loved not just about AIT, but about the Army in general is you meet different people from different states, different cultures, different backgrounds, and you learn about them, where they came from, and you learn to live with them,” said Johnson. “My bunkmate is a New England Patriots fan, and if you can learn to live with a Pats fan, who can’t you get along with?” It all leads to this though, graduation day, where these soldiers are sent off with a salute and their orders. Wherever their time in the military may take them from here, the time they sent here at Fort Lee will remain one of the most critical experiences of their military career, and one of the most formative times of their lives.

CHANGE OF COMMAND Quartermaster, Garrison change leadership The US Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee has a new commandant, and the US Army garrison both recently welcomed a new commander. Brig. Gen. Rodney Fogg was sworn in as the 54th Quartermaster General, as the former commandant, Brig. Gen. Ron Kirklin moved onto his next assignment as the US Army’s Assistant Chief of Staff in Washington DC. Fogg joins the Quartermaster School from the 13th Sustainment Command rved as the at Fort Hood, Texas, where he served commanding general. ith The ceremonies were marked with pitler remarks from Maj. Gen. Rex A. Spitler klin. commending the job done by Kirklin. “Under his leadership the Quar-termaster Corps has grown to new heights, and Ron, your contributions to the Quartermaster School and the Army have not gone unappreciated, or unnoticed,” Spitler said. “Today, you will speak to this crowd, thesee soldiers, and your voice will echo off of these walls, and it will echo on far after because of the work and services you proA soldier salutes during the Change of ldi vided, and will have an impact on soldiers Command Ceremony for generations to come.” Kirklin had a difficult job as the 53rd Quartermaster General during his tenure at Fort Lee, overseeing the tremendous growth of training units housed at the base over the past two years, leaving Fort Lee a very different base as he passes command to Fogg. “I have been so honored to be in command here at Fort Lee these past 24 months,” said Kirklin. “To live in this great community, to work with so many professional leaders, civilians, soldiers and families alike, and have formed relationships and experiences that will last a lifetime.” Taking the podium, and command from Kirklin, Fogg thanked the work done by his predecessor, and commented on returning to Fort Lee, one of his first posts, after so many years. “I’m humbled to be taking command of the US Army Quar-

Brigadier General Ron Kirklin ceremonially hands command over to Brigadier General Rodney Fogg

Col. Adam W. Butler takes over the reigns as commander of the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Lee.

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CHANGE OF COMMAND termaster School, where my career started 29 years ago,” said Fogg. “I remember walking down the steps of Mifflin Hall not far from here, which is gone now, going through in processing, I certainly didn’t expect that one day I would take command as the Quartermaster General, truly a young lieutenants dream come true.” The Quartermaster School trains approximately 31,000 students annually, including nine enlisted career fields, five warrant officer specialties and the QM Basic Officer Leaders Course. Training areas cover job specialties that range from aerial delivery, mortuary affairs, logistics, culinary and petroleum and water distribution. Meanwhile, Col. Adam W. Butler, who served as an infantryman in the enlisted ranks, has taken over the reigns as commander of the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Lee, replacing Col. Paul K. Brooks.

Butler, who comes to the installation after duties in Afghanistan, thanked “God for this blessing” and the senior leadership for providing the opportunity to lead the organization that manages the installation’s services and infrastructure. He also thanked his family, several of whom were in attendance and especially his wife Cheryl, for her “unwavering love and support,” he said. “I wouldn’t be standing here today without her.” A San Antonio native, Butler also thanked all those connected with staging the ceremony and organizing a “seamless transition.” He concluded his remarks by saying he is enthusiastic about his new position. “I look forward to working, learning and growing with the Fort Lee sustainment team of professionals as well as those from the surrounding communities,” said Butler. “I

Brig. Gen. Ron Kirkland, Major Gen. Rex Spitler and Brig. Gen. Rodney Fogg render salute at the Change in Command Ceremony

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know this is a wonderful opportunity, and I u.”” look forward to working with you.” ector, Butler previously served as director, J-8, U.S. Forces Afghanistan. Hee also has served on the Department off r, the Army staff as deputy director, Resource Integration, Deputy chief of Staff, G2; and G-8, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Other notable assignments include chief, Centrally al Managed Programs, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. His overseass asuty in signments include one tour of duty Bosnia-Herzegovina and two in Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Ron Kirklin moved on as the US Army’s Assistant Chief of Staff after serving as Quartermaster General.

Col. Adam W. Butler, the new garrison commander at Fort Lee, served as an infantryman in the enlisted ranks.

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BY THE NUMBERS On Post Population

27,689

Military (Permanent Party) Army Other Military Students (ALU) Military Trainees/Others Student Trainees Army Reserve Transient/Rotational Civilian/Contractor Army Civilians Other DoD civilians Contractors Students/Rotational Active Duty Dependents

3,923 3,188 318 417 10,524 10,234 249 41 8,672 2,427 2,941 2,363 941 4,570

Off Post Population

58,667

Active Duty Military Active Duty Dependents Army Reserve Army Reserve Dependents Military Retirees Military Retiree Dependents

580 7,792 2,381 2,870 12,644 32,400

Land Total Land Acreage Miles of Paved Roads Miles of Unpaved Roads Active/Inactive Buildings Training Areas Training Ranges

Troop Housing Spaces 8,401 (trainees/others) 892 (Permanent Party) 1, 508 Family Housing Units Numbers accurate as of May 25, 2016

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