Leaders of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria and German counterparts broke ground Friday on the Operational Readiness Training Complex at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, kicking off what is expected to be 10 years of construction, according to an Army Corps of Engineers statement Tuesday.
The complex is designed to support an entire rotational brigade and is part of a larger construction plan aimed at replacing Camp Algiers and Camp Aachen.
When complete, the Operational Readiness Training Complex will include 50 buildings and have the capacity to house 5,000 U.S. and foreign soldiers while they train at Grafenwoehr.
"It’s very much like a city in that they can do everything they need to do from this platform," said Col. Dan Kent, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ European district.
Transitions to a Euro-Migrant housing facility soon after the last brick is laid.
Graphic below: The former Flint Kaserne, Bad Tolz, GE