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Army allowed to buy land for Stryker unit

Apr-28-2005 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

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By Gregg K. Kakesako, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

A federal judge has sided for the second time this week with the Army and against native Hawaiian groups fighting to block the Army's latest Stryker combat unit at Schofield Barracks.

The Army received court approval Tuesday to spend $15.9 million to purchase 1,402 acres of Campbell Estate land to expand the training areas at Schofield Barracks and construct a motor pool and a rifle and pistol range for its new Stryker Brigade Combat Team. [...]

The Army plans to spend $693 million on Oahu and the Big Island on 28 Stryker-related military construction projects in the next five years to build and upgrade existing facilities to accommodate the Strykers.

The first two dozen 19-ton, eight-wheeled Stryker vehicles will arrive at Schofield in May 2006. The Army hopes that the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat team with 810 additional soldiers will be operational a year later.

Last year, Army paid Campbell Estates $1 million for 71 acres adjacent to its Kahuku Training Area on Windward Oahu.

In 1999 the Army spent $23.5 million for 8,214 acres of Campbell Estate land in Kahuku.

If you follow the link to the full article, you can view an interesting time table at the very end of this news story.

See also:
Judge again rules in favor of Hawaii Stryker plan - Army Times


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