Wiesbaden's Building Boom

[unhappycamper]

Wiesbaden's Building Boom
Army News Service | Karl Weisel | January 04, 2008

WIESBADEN, Germany - With many Soldiers assigned here currently serving in Iraq, engineers and construction crews are shaping U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden into a first-rate place to live for those troops and their families.

New Army lodging, upgraded housing, a planned mega mall, school makeovers and a host of other projects are aimed at enhancing the overall quality of life in the greater Wiesbaden military community.

"We have many projects ongoing," said Judith Rodriguez Vera, chief of engineering for the USAG Wiesbaden's Directorate of Public Works. "Last year, at the end of the fiscal year (FY 2007), we received about $25 million for projects."

The garrison also received another $11 million to improve family housing.

Even though Army-wide transformation has closed many doors in communities throughout Europe, USAG Wiesbaden, as an "enduring community," is the beneficiary of dedicated plans and funding to provide for a high standard of living - the same standard of quality support and resources that Soldiers and families should expect to find throughout the Army, according to Installation Design Guide guidance.


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[rasputin1952]

1. I was stationed in Weisbaden! Of course this goes back 25 yrs

but it was a beautiful city, one of the few thar had not been bombed into oblivion during the war, although Mainz, right across the river was pretty well leveled. It was once of the best tours of duty I ever had. I with the 4th Div, 4th Bde(F), HHC 3-60AR based out of Weisbaden Airbase. Enough downtime to see a large portion of Europe, boat rides up and down the Rhine, numerous trips all over the country, Berlin, Oberammergau, Frankfurt, The Black Forest, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Netherlands, Belgium; didn't make it to France or England though.

What a great time...except when we had to go to Baumholder...:eyes: The 4th Bde was under 8th Div Command, but we were really autonomous. Everything we received came from Ft. Reilly KS. our stated mission was to fill in any gap that might open if the Warsaw block came through the Fulda Gap, which made life expectancy for us about 45 minutes according to plans. We had M-60A3's at the time, and while I wasn't officially a tanker, I had a lot of turret time...:patriot: