FORT LEE www.lee.army.mil w.le ee.army.mil Fort Lee, located in the heart of the Tri-Cities off state Route 36, recently finished a transformation that has change the Army post forever. The Pentagon’s Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005 brought the news that Fort Lee will more than double in size by 2011, gaining at least 6,500 military personnel and well over 1,000 civilians. Overall, the Fort Lee population - including military, civilian and families - has nearly doubled from about 26,000 people to 40,000.
Eustis in Newport News; the Air Force Training Center and the Air Force Culinary Training Center from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and the Defense Contract Management Agency based in Alexandria. Although, most construction is done, there are still some projects being built that are not related to BRAC. For example, a $120 million military hotel is not expected to be completed until about June 2012. The 1,000 room, 530,000-square-foot Army lodging facility is one of the biggest construction projects ever in the Tri-Cities. The project – one of the largest hotels in Virginia – is expected to open sometime in early 2013. Several attractions and annual events welcome visitors on post during specified times, including the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, the U.S. Army Women’s Museum and the Fort Lee Thrift Shop and Homemaker’s Boutique. The “Fourth at the Fort” Fourth of July celebration is a public event, as are portions of the yearly Culinary Arts Competition on post. The Lee Playhouse offers live theater shows and musicals.
Access Civilians visiting Fort Lee must provide a valid driver’s license at the gate. The Best Warrior Competition at Fort Lee.
From 2006 to 2011, Fort Lee was awash in construction. There have been 39 major construction projects for a total of 56 buildings and all the projects were completed ahead of time and under budget, according to Army officials. All told, about $1.2 billion was spent on BRAC projects. One of the biggest challenges in the growth of the post though was the Ordnance Campus. The site started out essentially as virgin woodland, Gully said. But within two years it had 50 miles worth of site infrastructure on the site. Now it’s home to one of the largest Army Dining Facilities in the United States and five barracks that each house 624 soldiers. Simply put, Fort Lee has become the logistics center of the Army. For many years, Fort Lee has been home to the quartermaster center and school. Soldiers who came to post for Advanced Individual Training learned Military Occupational Skills ranging from warehouse management to petroleum and water supply to rigging — maintaining and packing parachutes. But now Fort Lee has become the headquarters to the logistics branch. All logisticians will be trained on post. Nearly a third of all U.S. Army soldiers will be trained at Fort Lee. Two of the major tenets at Fort Lee will be Army Logistics University and the Army Ordnance Center and School . Several military operations have moved to Fort Lee from other posts, including the Ordinance Center and School from Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland; the Transportation School from Fort 42
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Helpful Fort Lee Phone Numbers Morale Welfare and Recreation: (804) 734-7195 The Lee Club: (804) 734-7547 The Lee Playhouse: (804) 734-6629 The 392nd Army Band: (804) 734-4323 Quartermaster Museum: (804) 734-4203 Retirement Services Office: (804) 734-6980 Women’s Museum: (804) 734-4327