The quarters, renovated for $4.1 million over the past 18 months, has room for 38 active duty military personnel and will replace older quarters on the base that were built in 1951. The Army says the rooms at the quarters were constructed so there is room for two soldiers, if needed.
Lenaers and other Army brass cut a ribbon this week and toured a childdevelopment center in a family housing area that underwent about $5,000 worth of reconstruction late last year to formally open that facility.
Elsewhere on the base, crains and other heavy equipment are working on two other projects--a $9.7-million joint medical training facility and a $7.1-million, 23,000-sf dining facility.
Also pending before Congress is a Department of Defense spending plan that among other projects calls for the building of a $9.2-million 65-unit family housing facility on the base. Another $2.2 million was approved for consolidation and expansion of a gas station and convenience store on the base.
The activity at Selfridge comes as the nation's military community awaits a report from the Defense Department on which of the nation's military installations will be targeted for closure this year. Lenaers says no conclusions can be drawn about the possible fate of Selfridge or other bases based on building activity. "All the bases have construction going on," the general notes.
One of the best arguments in favor of Selfridge as the federal government considers which bases to close is what the military calls "jointness," of which the newly-renovated barracks is a good example. The barracks, while controlled by the Army, will be used for enlisted military personnel who are either single or traveling without their family and are assigned to southeast Michigan. "It could be Coast Guard, there might be area recruiters living here," says Lt. Col. Kevin Austin, commander of the Army garrison on Selfridge.
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