{"id":23584,"date":"2024-06-14T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T20:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=23584"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T20:08:13","slug":"sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-national-security-at-hunter-army-airfield","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-national-security-at-hunter-army-airfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Introduces Legislation to Strengthen National Security at Hunter Army Airfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing legislation to strengthen U.S. national security by constructing new facilities at Hunter Army Airfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Sen. Ossoff introduced&nbsp;legislation&nbsp;to authorize construction of a new parachute training and maintenance facility for special operations forces at the Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, a key first step for the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hunter Army Airfield Support Act<\/em>&nbsp;would strengthen national security by helping replace current sub-standard facilities with a new consolidated facility that will support better training and storage areas for the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Battalion, 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment and 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment to train and execute their airborne operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHunter Army Airfield is critical to U.S. national security, and servicemembers stationed at the base are always on my mind,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThis is why I have introduced the&nbsp;<em>Hunter Army Airfield Support Act<\/em>&nbsp;to ensure that our servicemembers have state-of-the-art facilities to carry out important missions and training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-resources-to-plan-design-new-military-intelligence-battalion-hangar-at-fort-stewart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered<\/a>&nbsp;new resources to upgrade infrastructure vital to U.S. national security on Ft. Stewart to help plan and design a Military Intelligence Battalion Hangar on the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Senators Ossoff and Warnock&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-warnock-ossoff-secure-100-million-authorization-for-ft-stewart-barracks-construction-in-ndaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secured<\/a>&nbsp;a $100 million authorization in the&nbsp;<em>National Defense Authorization Act<\/em>&nbsp;for the construction of a new permanent party barracks facility&nbsp;at Ft. Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-funding-to-upgrade-armys-cyber-center-of-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered<\/a>&nbsp;funding to upgrade Ft. Eisenhower\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoffs-bill-to-upgrade-ft-eisenhowers-cyber-center-of-excellence-signed-into-law\/#:~:text=Eisenhower%20Cyber%20Center%20Enhancement%20Act,of%20Defense%20to%20modernize%20Ft.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a>&nbsp;into law his&nbsp;<em>Ft. Eisenhower Cyber Center Enhancement Act<\/em>&nbsp;through the FY24&nbsp;<em>National Defense Authorization Act<\/em>, which authorized construction of new classrooms at the Cyber Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing legislation to strengthen U.S. national security by constructing new facilities at Hunter Army Airfield. This week, Sen. 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