Area Groups Unite to Form Military Task Force
Published Apr 14, 2008
The Alamo Area region is gearing up for a major military build up in the near future. According to Kara Hill, Senior Economic Development Analyst/Military Liaison with Bexar County, as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 actions, in the next five years, military missions in Bexar County will experience a number of realignments and expansions, including the relocation of approximately 11,000 new personnel to Fort Sam Houston.
Consequently, Bexar County and the Alamo Area will become the home of all military medical training for enlisted personnel worldwide as well as the new home for a number of headquarters operations, including the Army Contracting Agency and Installation Management Functions for both the Air Force and Army. Bexar County has partnered with the City of San Antonio and the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to form the Military Transportation Task Force (MTTF), which serves as the focal point for the community-wide effort to successfully implement the BRAC recommendations.
As the initial planning stages for BRAC implementation start to wrap-up, the impacts BRAC will have on this community are becoming more apparent. These actions will benefit the area economy not only by the immediate infusion of investment and construction dollars, worth about $2.3 billion, but will also provide significant opportunities for the area workforce and businesses, as well as the possibility for further recruitment and attraction of support companies to Bexar County. This is a big boom for not only Bexar County, but for the entire Alamo Area.
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