{"id":19810,"date":"2023-08-22T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=19810"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:23:13","slug":"sen-ossoff-passes-key-provision-to-upgrade-naval-submarine-base-kings-bay-in-bipartisan-senate-defense-bill","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-passes-key-provision-to-upgrade-naval-submarine-base-kings-bay-in-bipartisan-senate-defense-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Passes Key Provision to Upgrade Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Bipartisan Senate Defense Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kings Bay, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering key upgrades for Georgia\u2019s Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff helped pass a key provision through this year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>National Defense Authorization Act&nbsp;<\/em>with Republican and Democratic support<em>&nbsp;<\/em>to authorize electrical grid improvements at NSB Kings Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upgrades are a key part of ongoing infrastructure projects to prepare for the arrival of the Columbia Class Submarines, which is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thebrunswicknews.com\/news\/local_news\/trident-training-facility-expansion-begins-at-kings-bay\/article_573bd4ea-3953-5fe8-a91c-94bce93be82a.html\">expected as early as 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have helped to pass through the Senate significant infrastructure upgrades to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay that will ensure the facility is well-positioned to accept the new Columbia class submarines that are coming to the base,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said<\/strong>. \u201cThis was a top priority for me to make sure we are investing in Kings Bay to prepare it for the equipment and missions that are coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Sen. Ossoff also secured authorization for a new Regional Maintenance Facility and Trident Training Facility Columbia Trainer Expansion at NSB Kings Bay through last year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>National Defense Authorization Act.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thebrunswicknews.com\/news\/local_news\/sen-ossoff-visits-kings-bay\/article_941c6d59-2acc-5183-a8c0-f0800416d49e.html\">previously met<\/a>&nbsp;with Kings Bay leadership and junior enlisted personnel in his first few months in office.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kings Bay, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering key upgrades for Georgia\u2019s Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. Sen. Ossoff helped pass a key provision through this year\u2019s&nbsp;National Defense Authorization Act&nbsp;with Republican and Democratic support&nbsp;to authorize electrical grid improvements at NSB Kings Bay. The upgrades are a key part of ongoing infrastructure projects to prepare for [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19810","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19812,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19810\/revisions\/19812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}