Fort Lewis

I Corps and Fort Lewis

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America’s Army at Fort Lewis

Fort Lewis Overview Combined Chambers of Commerce 11 March 2009

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Vision and Priorities Team Lewis To provide the best facilities and services through innovative and responsive support and evolving partnerships, to sustain our most critical assets: those who selflessly devote themselves to protecting freedom.

I Corps Train and sustain the Army’s premier expeditionary Corps, and as required deploy and successfully conduct full spectrum operations as a joint multi-national operational HQ

Priorities

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Team Lewis

Major Units: 3-2 SBCT 4-2 SBCT 5-2 SBCT 42ND MP 62ND MD BDE 201ST BfSB 555 ENG BDE 17th FIRES BDE 593rd Sustainment US Army Garrison UNCLASSIFIED

Personnel: ~31K Military Personnel ~11K Civilian Employees ~47K Family Members

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Resident Units: Western Region CDT CMD 1st SF GRP 2 Battalion 75th Rangers MAMC 6th MP Group(CID) 191ST BDE ACE Seattle District 66th Theater AVN 33

Power Projection

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America’s Corps • Transforming to new, modular formation • 1st HQ deployment since 1950 • Nearly 1,000 soldiers in HQ • 19,000 Fort Lewis Soldiers deploying 2009 77,000 Deployed Since 2001

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17th FiB

• 9,500 vehicles deployed 4-2 SBCT 5-2 SBCT

• Reset over 6,300 vehicles since 2001 • 15,000 total pieces of equip deployed thru Tacoma, Olympia, and Gray’s Harbor

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Fort Lewis Soldiers and Families “Army Strong”

• Exceeded 2008 retention goals • 15,000 soldiers in 1991 >> 31,000 by 2009 • 58% growth since 2003 alone • 250 new Soldiers arriving weekly • Generating new modular forces

• Soldier deployments up from 202 in 2001 • 8,005 Soldiers deployed in 2007 • 19,000 deploying in 2009 • Soldiers, families, and facilities are stretching to accommodate the effects of deployment

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Growth of Fort Lewis

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. Before & After Square Footage Facilities Today 16,680,090 SF Facilities Future 22,233,292 SF - 7,258,562 SF new construction - 1,705,362 SF demolition

Population Growth 2000 2009 2012

19,089 Soldiers 30,800 Soldiers 32,383 Soldiers

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Initiatives

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Lifestyle Center

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Planning Vision: In support of the mission, Soldiers and Families, we will create a sustainable community of walkable neighborhoods with identifiable town centers connected by great streets Design Principles

Fort Lewis 2017 Planning Vision and Design Principles

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CREATING A COMMUNITY FROM THIS

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ARMY COMMUNITY COVENANT 2 MAY 2008

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Questions?

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