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70-665: The United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility (formerly known as the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center and U.S. Army Ordnance Museum ) artifacts are used to train and educate logistic soldiers. It re-located to Fort Gregg-Adams , outside Petersburg, Virginia . Its previous incarnation was the United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland which closed in September 2010. The mission of

140-751: A museum of these military artifacts. The Foundation is not affiliated with the U.S. Army nor the Department of Defense . The Foundation began operation of the Museum in the early 1970s, upon opening in Building 2601 on the Aberdeen Proving Ground (until its closure in September 2010) and operates the Ordnance Museum until this day. In 2005 a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements

210-463: A Special Immigrant Visa. Over 3,000 of them were temporarily housed on post by the end of November 2021 when the mission was concluded. On 27 April 2023 during a redesignation ceremony the name of Fort Lee was changed to Fort Gregg-Adams which is named after two African American officers Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams . The name change was recommended by the Commission on

280-696: A White House associate director; Joshua Whitehouse , the White House liaison to the Defense Department who was involved in some of the post-election purges at the Pentagon; Ann T. Johnston, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs ; and Earl G. Matthews , an Army National Guard colonel who previously served as principal deputy general counsel for the Army and on Trump's National Security Council." On January 29, 2021, following

350-552: A ceremony on July 30, 2010, the old CASCOM headquarters was officially retired, and the new building was proudly rededicated as “Mifflin Hall.” To help make way for the structure, the First Logistical Command Memorial – which had been located on that site since 1974 – was carefully unmoored and moved to a more prominent spot facing the main post entrance. In addition, a new U.S. Army Logistics University

420-485: A final briefing and written report to the armed services committees by October 1, 2022, which it accomplished while spending less than half the funding it was authorized. The commission met biweekly and briefed the Secretary of Defense on its progress and recommendations. The commission's focus throughout the summer and fall of 2021 consisted of visiting the nine Army installations named for those who voluntarily served in

490-514: A household in the CDP was $ 36,325, and the median income for a family was $ 40,197. Males had a median income of $ 27,511 versus $ 19,459 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 12,448. About 6.3% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 8.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to

560-531: A list of 758 Defense Department items at U.S. military installations in the United States, Germany and Japan with ties to the Confederacy. Many of the items on the list are streets, signs, paintings and buildings. Included on the list, Arlington National Cemetery has a memorial dedicated to Confederate war dead which includes "highly sanitized depictions of slavery". The eight-person commission

630-624: A part of the Continental Army Command service school system and was also selected to serve as the home of the Quartermaster Corps. The Second United States Army was inactivated at Fort Lee in 1966 until its reactivation at Fort Gillem , Georgia in 1983. The rapid logistics buildup in Vietnam after 1965 signaled an urgent need for many more Quartermaster Soldiers. Fort Lee responded by going into overdrive. For

700-470: A population of 9,874 as of the 2020 census – nearly triple the size of the 2010 census count. Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared, the first Camp Lee was established as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp. Camp Lee was the mobilization center for the 80th Division , the Blue Ridge Division. Because of significant common heritage in

770-416: A time, the school maintained three shifts, and round-the-clock training. A Quartermaster Officer Candidate School opened in 1966 for the first time since World War II. A mock Vietnamese “village” was created on post to familiarize trainees with guerrilla tactics and the conditions in which they could expect to fight in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Part of the sixties-era Quartermaster training program also saw

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840-695: A time. Here too was located the Army Services Forces Training Center, the Quartermaster (Research & Development) Board, a Women's Army Corps training center, and for a while, a prisoner of war camp and the Medical Replacement Training Center. Camp Lee enjoyed a reputation as one of the most effective and best-run military installations in the country. Camp Lee was also the home of a Medical Replacement Training Center (MRTC), but as

910-542: A vote of 335–78 on December 8, 2020, and the Senate followed suit on December 11, 2020, passing it 84–13. On December 23, 2020, President Trump vetoed the legislation, saying, "These locations have taken on significance to the American story and those who have helped write it that far transcends their namesakes...I have been clear in my opposition to politically motivated attempts like this to wash away history and to dishonor

980-639: Is a United States Army post and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School , the U.S. Army Ordnance School , the U.S. Army Transportation School , the Army Sustainment University (ALU), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). Fort Gregg-Adams also hosts two Army museums,

1050-465: Is the country's first army post to host a 'full-size' statue commemorating the service of women in the Army. The statue was unveiled in 2013. The installation emerged as the center of logistics and sustainment for the U.S. Army. With the completion of the BRAC construction projects, the installation acquired 6.5 million square feet of new facilities and about 70,000 troops now train here each year. In 2017,

1120-662: The Adjutant General's School moved here and remained until 1951. The Women's Army Corps likewise established its premier training center here from 1948 to 1954. Also in 1948, the first permanent brick and mortar structure—the Post Theater (Powhatan Beaty Theater)—was constructed. During the Korean War (1950 -1953), tens of thousands of Soldiers arrived at Fort Lee to receive logistics training before heading overseas. Official recognition of its permanent status

1190-657: The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements was the relocation of the United States Army Ordnance Corps headquarters, the United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School (OMMS) from Aberdeen Proving Ground, the United States Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School (OMEMS) from Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and

1260-419: The Department of State and Department of Homeland Security , provided transportation, temporary housing, medical screening and general support for Afghan evacuees at military facilities across the country. The mission was to support vulnerable Afghans and their families while they finished processing with immigration services, applied for work authorizations and underwent medical care prior to resettlement in

1330-694: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Fort Gregg-Adams has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Naming Commission The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with

1400-536: The Ordnance Museum to Fort Gregg-Adams by September 2011. The transfer of artifacts from Aberdeen to Fort Gregg-Adams began in August 2009, with the former museum now designated the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center at Fort Gregg-Adams. Also, the headquarters of the U.S. Army Transportation Center and School from Fort Eustis was brought to the installation. One of the principal parts of BRAC

1470-463: The Secretary of Defense to implement the plan within three years of its enactment. In summer and fall 2022, the commission delivered its report and recommendations to Congress in three parts. It disbanded on October 1, 2022, after fulfilling its duties to Congress. On October 6, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin declared in a memo that he concurred with all the commission's recommendations and

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1540-542: The U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers . These installations and other defense property were generally named in the early to mid-20th century at the height of the Jim Crow era to court support from Southerners. In response, lawmakers added a provision for a renaming commission to the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA). Enacted on January 1, 2021,

1610-486: The United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.6 km ), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,269 people, 1,401 households, and 1,223 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 870.2 people per square mile (336.1/km ). There were 1,445 housing units at an average density of 173.0/sq mi (66.8/km ). The racial makeup of

1680-630: The Army. Additionally, the installation hosted a growing number of tenant activities such as the Army Logistics Management Center (ALMC), Readiness Group Lee, Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, the General Leonard T. Gerow U.S. Army Reserve Center, the Defense Commissary Agency (DECA), USAR 80th Division, and several other Department of Army and Department of Defense activities. In 2005,

1750-561: The CDP was 47.1% African American , 39.5% White , 0.7% Native American , 2.3% Asian , 0.4% Pacific Islander , 6.7% from other races , and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.4% of the population. There were 1,401 households, out of which 72.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.7% were non-families. 11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.1% had someone living alone who

1820-423: The Confederacy. The commission met with installation leadership to gauge their level of planning and their local assessments. The commission expanded their investigation of military assets to include assets with names that commemorate other Civil War era events or places to see if the name has a connection to the Confederacy. Examples given are USS Antietam (CG-54) and Fort Belvoir . Until December 1, 2021,

1890-546: The Confederacy. It is imperative that the conference report include provisions that secure this essential priority. Our bases should reflect our highest ideals as Americans." Conference negotiations over the provisions were tense and threatened a failure to pass the NDAA for the first time in its 60-year history. On November 20, 2020, the Congressional Black Caucus adopted a formal position that

1960-712: The Confederate States of America , more commonly referred to as the Naming Commission , was a United States government commission created by the United States Congress in 2021 to create a list of military assets with names associated with the Confederate States of America and recommendations for their removal. In the summer of 2020, the George Floyd protests and resulting removal of Confederate monuments drew attention to

2030-510: The East Coast and provide actionable information on incoming Soviet air threats. [1] The 1950s and 1960s witnessed almost nonstop modernization efforts as, one-by-one, Fort Lee's temporary wooden barracks, training facilities and housing units began giving way to permanent brick and cinderblock structures. New multi-storied barracks were built in the mid-50s, along with whole communities of Capehart housing for permanent party. In May 1961,

2100-661: The FY2021 NDAA by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on July 1, 2020, Brown offered an amendment, which was co-led with Bacon, to directly require the Secretary of Defense to rename any defense property that is named after any person who served in the political or military leadership of any armed rebellion against the United States. The amendment offered by Brown passed by a vote of 33–23, with Republicans Bacon and Paul Mitchell (R-MI) joining in support. The committee unanimously voted to report

2170-433: The FY2021 NDAA on June 11, 2020, and the bill reported out by committee included Warren's provision. Warren's provision to direct the renaming of the bases was altered to an approach that used a commission after Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) indicated her support to remove the names. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) publicly said that they supported the amendment to change base names. During consideration of

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2240-614: The January 20 inauguration of Joe Biden , the new administration halted all appointments that had not yet completed paperwork, including the four Secretary of Defense appointments to the commission. On February 12, 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced new appointments to the position, followed immediately after by the Democratic chairmen and ranking Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. On March 2, it

2310-573: The NDAA favorably to the House. At a July 9, 2020, hearing in HASC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said, "I personally think that the original decisions to name those bases after Confederate bases were political decisions back in the 1910s and '20s....The American Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion. It was an act of treason at the time against the Union. Against

2380-419: The Naming of Items of the Department of Defense as part of the renaming of military assets which were associated with the Confederate States of America. The naming of Fort Gregg-Adams is notable as it is the first time since 1900 where a fort has been named after a service member who is still alive. It is also the first named for African Americans. Other infrastructure on the base had been renamed including

2450-483: The Quartermaster School moved from Philadelphia to Camp Lee to begin training Officers and Non-Commissioned officers in the art of military supply and service A full program of courses was conducted, including Officer Candidate School . By the end of 1941, Camp Lee was the center of both basic and advanced training of Quartermaster personnel and held this position throughout the war. Over the course of

2520-594: The Quartermaster training increased, it was decided to relocate the MRTC to Camp Pickett . Later, the QMRTC was re-designated as an Army Services Forces Training Center, but it retained its basic mission of training Quartermaster personnel. In 1946, the War Department announced that Camp Lee would be retained as the center for quartermaster training in the Army. The Quartermaster School continued operation, and in 1947,

2590-544: The U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum and the U.S. Army Women's Museum . The equipment and other materiel associated with the Army's Ordnance Museum was moved to Fort Gregg-Adams in 2009–2010 for use by the United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center . The installation was initially named Camp Lee (changed to Fort Lee in 1950) after Confederate States General Robert E. Lee . It

2660-492: The U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant equipment, armaments and materiel that relate to the history of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and to document and present the evolution and development of U.S. military ordnance material dating from the American Colonial Period to the present day. Established in 1919 and officially opened to

2730-468: The U.S. Fort Gregg-Adams (then Fort Lee) was the first of eight installations selected to provide temporary lodging and other living needs for the Afghan evacuees. The post was initially identified by the U.S. Army as an east coast location that could quickly be used to provide temporary housing for Afghans and their families to finish administrative checks and undergo the necessary medical exams to qualify for

2800-578: The Western Front and fighting in France and Germany. Included among the many facilities here was a large camp hospital situated on 58 acres of land. One of the more trying times for the hospital staff was when the worldwide influenza epidemic reached Camp Lee in the fall of 1918. An estimated 10,000 Soldiers were stricken by flu. Nearly 700 of them died during a couple of weeks. In June 1917, building began and within sixty days some 14,000 men were on

2870-465: The commission had collected suggestions from the general public for possible replacement names for the military assets that the Department of Defense may finally decide to rename. After receiving thousands of suggestions, the commission posted a list of 90 names in March 2022 that it plans to consider as possible replacement names for the nine Army installations before the list is further narrowed to produce

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2940-455: The commission into law. The passage of the FY2021 NDAA was the 60th consecutive time that such legislation had been passed and is the only instance in which it was enacted over the objection of the president. The commission was chartered with five primary activities: The commission was authorized $ 2 million to conduct its work, and had to brief the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on its progress by October 1, 2021, and then present

3010-475: The final conference report for the NDAA "must include a provision mandating the redesignation of Department of Defense property honoring the Confederacy." On December 2, 2020, the conference committee reported out the conference report, which receded to the Senate language without amendment and incorporated the text as section 370 in the final bill. The House of Representatives agreed to the conference report by

3080-444: The first widespread local use of automated data processing equipment. In July 1973, Fort Lee came under the control of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command . Additionally, the U.S. Army Logistics Center was established in 1973 to serve as an “integrating center” for the Quartermaster, Transportation, Ordnance, and Missile and Munitions Centers and Schools – the traditional Combat Service Support branches. Again in 1990, there

3150-435: The immense progress our country has fought for in realizing our founding principles." On December 28, 2020, in the last vote of the 116th Congress in the House of Representatives, the House voted to override President Trump's veto by 322–87, including 109 Republicans and 1 Independent who voted yea. On January 1, 2021, in the last vote of the 116th Congress, the Senate voted to override President Trump's veto by 81–13, passing

3220-438: The installation. The post was home to the 155th Depot Brigade. The role of depot brigades was to receive recruits and draftees, then organize them and provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training. Depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and carried out their mustering out and discharges. When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men. In 1920 Camp Lee

3290-401: The law was passed over President Donald Trump 's veto. The law required the commission to develop a list that could be used to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense ." The law required

3360-408: The list of finalists. In March 2022, the commission determined that Fort Belvoir does not meet the criteria provided in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act for a renaming recommendation but the commission recommends that the Department of Defense conduct its own naming review of the post, based on results of the commission's historical research. At end of the same month, the commission posted

3430-413: The name change occur no later than January 1, 2024. On January 5, 2023, William A. LaPlante, US under-secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment , directed the full implementation of the recommendations. On April 27, 2023, the post was redesignated Fort Gregg-Adams. It is the first U.S. military base to be named for African Americans. Fort Gregg-Adams is a census-designated place (CDP) with

3500-416: The new three-story Quartermaster School , Mifflin Hall , was dedicated. Kenner Army Hospital opened in 1962, replacing the remnants of the old WWII-era facility, and the privately funded Quartermaster Museum opened its doors in 1963. Some years have seen far more change than others, but the overall process of modernization has continued ever since. The Quartermaster Training Center, created to supervise

3570-500: The past (Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War , and Civil War ), residents of Pennsylvania , Virginia and West Virginia became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia. The units were made up mostly of men from the above three states. Before long, Camp Lee became one of the largest "cities" in Virginia. More than 60,000 Doughboys trained here prior to their departure for

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3640-608: The post marked its Centennial with a year-long celebration themed "A Century of Support to the Nation." In July 2021, the post was tasked to support Operation Allies Refuge , with a goal of helping Afghan evacuees transition to a new life in the United States at the conclusion of the war in Afghanistan. Post leaders assembled a group called “Task Force Eagle,” which spent the next four months supporting OAR. The Department of Defense , through U.S. Northern Command , and in support of

3710-480: The public in 1924, to exhibit captured enemy equipment and materiel, the Museum was located in Building 314 of the Aberdeen Proving Ground and operated by the U.S. Army until 1967. Co-location with APG provided convenient access to the equipment being delivered to APG for testing after World War I. In 1965 local citizens formed the tax-free Ordnance Museum Foundation, Inc. to establish and operate

3780-637: The site of the earlier installation. Built as rapidly as the first, construction was still ongoing when the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center (QMRTC) started operation in February 1941. Their number grew to 25,000 in 1942, and peaked at 35,000 in 1944. While the QMRTC was getting underway, the Quartermaster School was transferred to Camp Lee. In October 1941 (two months before Pearl Harbor),

3850-399: The so-called “White House.” During the war, this two-story wood-framed structure served as 80th Division Headquarters and as temporary residence for its Commander, Major General Adelbert Cronkhite . Years later, it became known as the “Davis House” in honor of the family that lived there in the 1930s and 40s. In October 1940, the War Department ordered the construction of another Camp Lee on

3920-530: The stars and stripes. Against the U.S. Constitution. And those officers turned their backs on their oath." On November 18, 2020, Speaker Nancy Pelosi named the House Democratic members of the conference committee for the NDAA and in doing so stated that "this summer, the House and Senate on a bipartisan basis passed NDAAs with provisions to begin the process of changing the names of military bases and infrastructure named after individuals who served in

3990-545: The street signs along the former Lee Avenue, now Gregg Avenue, and the signage for the Gregg-Adams Officers' Club on base, into which notably Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg had been denied entrance back in 1950 as a young Second Lieutenant, at a time when discrimination and segregation were still being practiced against African American Uniformed Personnel, even against an executive order to the contrary, signed by President Harry S. Truman two years prior. According to

4060-433: The training of Quartermaster personnel and troop units, brought an intensification of training activity within the Quartermaster Corps. As a result, the courses formerly taught at other locations were incorporated in the curriculum of the Quartermaster School. Profound changes were evident at Fort Lee during 1962. The post became a Class 1 military installation under Second United States Army . The Quartermaster School became

4130-433: The war, Camp Lee's population continued to mushroom until it became, in effect, the third largest “city” in Virginia, after Norfolk and Richmond . More than 50,000 officers attended Quartermaster Officer Candidate School. Over 300,000 Quartermaster Soldiers trained here during the war. There was a Regional Hospital with scores of pavilions and literally miles of interlocking corridors capable of housing over 2,000 patients at

4200-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.53. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 34.0% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 2.1% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 132.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 143.3 males. The median income for

4270-588: Was a post reorganization and restructuring and the U.S. Army Logistics Center was re-designated the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), and the CASCOM Commander became the Fort Lee Installation Commander as well. In May 2001, the U.S. Army Women's Museum (AWM) relocated to Fort Lee. It offered more than 13,000 sq. feet of gallery space and thousands of artifacts used to tell the long, proud history of women in

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4340-409: Was announced that Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch had to withdraw from the commission for personal reasons prior to the swearing-in ceremony. Eight days later, Congressman Smith replaced Bunch with former Obama administration official Lawrence Romo . Michelle Howard was the chair of the committee with Ty Seidule serving as the vice-chair . U.S. Army Major General Deborah Kotulich served as

4410-494: Was built and opened in July 2009 to centralize basic and advanced NCO, warrant officer, commissioned officer and government civilian leadership training for all Army sustainment branches. The 400,000-square-foot building now offers more than 200 courses and trains upward of 2,300 military and civilian students daily. Its International Studies program is attended by military personnel from more than 30 allied countries. Fort Gregg-Adams

4480-786: Was committed to implementing them as soon as possible, within legal constraints. On 5 January 2023, William A. LaPlante, U.S. under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment (USD (A&S)), directed the Department to implement all of the commission's recommendations. On June 9, 2020, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced that she had "filed an amendment to the annual defense bill last week to rename all bases named for Confederate generals." On June 11, 2020, Reps. Anthony Brown (D-MD) and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced H.R.7155, National Commission on Modernizing Military Installation Designations Act. The bill received support from 30 total co-sponsors, including 3 Republicans. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) completed its markup of

4550-555: Was composed of four representatives appointed by the United States Secretary of Defense and one appointee each by the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on Armed Services . On January 8, 2021, Christopher C. Miller —the acting Defense Secretary for the outgoing Trump administration—appointed the four DoD representatives: "Sean McLean,

4620-575: Was obtained in 1950 and the post was redesignated Fort Lee. After the Korean War, progress was made on an ambitious permanent building program. In 1956, the Fort Lee Air Force Station on post was selected for a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system direction center (DC) site, designated DC-04. The four-story block house was built to house two parallel AN/FSQ-7 Computers that could receive inputs from sensors on

4690-406: Was one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers that the U.S. Naming Commission had recommended be renamed. On August 8, 2022, the commission proposed the name be changed to Fort Gregg-Adams, after Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg and Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley . On October 6, 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin accepted the recommendation and directed

4760-705: Was still active, as the US 1920 Census showed many soldiers still stationed there. After World War I, Camp Lee was taken over by the Commonwealth of Virginia and designated a game preserve. Later, portions of the land were incorporated into the Petersburg National Battlefield and the Federal Correctional Institution, Petersburg . In 1921, the camp was formally closed, and its buildings were torn down, all save one –

4830-640: Was the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) headquarters building project. In the summer of 2007, there was a ground-breaking ceremony on Sergeant Seay Field , the site of the new facility. The SCoE headquarters took 18 months to build and was formally dedicated in January 2009. It now houses the Combined Arms Support Command and command groups for the Quartermaster , Ordnance , and Transportation Corps . During

4900-606: Was the relocation of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School headquarters, the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School, and the Ordnance Museum to Fort Lee by the end of 2011. The transfer of artifacts from Aberdeen to Fort Lee began in August 2009. The collection is used exclusively for training and not available for public viewing. Currently, only soldiers with an 89, 91, or 94 series MOS are authorized entry. Exterior exhibits at Fort Lee: External photographic catalogs / galleries Fort Gregg-Adams Fort Gregg-Adams , in Prince George County, Virginia , United States,

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