EBG construction program continues at Grafenwöhr

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EBG construction program continues at Grafenwöhr
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, January 3, 2009

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — The Army plans to use a billion-dollar construction program at Grafenwöhr Training Area as a blueprint for renovation of U.S. facilities worldwide, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In recent year, the Efficient Basing Grafenwöhr (EBG) construction program has added numerous state-of-the-art facilities such as a new physical fitness center, post exchange, medical center, barracks, schools and a filling station to the Army’s largest training area in Europe.

At the same time, the garrison — which encompasses the nearby Rose Barracks post at Vilseck — has seen the influx of thousands of soldiers and family members with the arrival of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in 2006 and the 172nd Infantry Brigade this year.

The EBG design, which allows soldiers to walk from barracks to company operations centers and motor pools, then drive military vehicles directly to ranges inside the training area, is seen as a model for the Army, according to Walter Bogdanow, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers area engineer for southern Germany.

"They like the setup so much that (Installation Management Command) is using it as a standard for facilities back in the States," he said.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59759

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1. Cool

I hope they didn't wack all the old barracks/officers quarters tho, some of those buildings had sweet architecture.