Southeastern North Carolina has a long and proud heritage with the presence of military installations in the region. Ft. Bragg, located near Fayetteville, is one of the nation’s largest and most important ARMY installations. Ft. Bragg hosts the 82nd Airborne Division and also the U. S. ARMY Special Operations Command, and Pope Air Force Base is located adjacent to Ft. Bragg. By 2011, U.S. ARMY Forces Command (FORSCOM) and the ARMY Reserve Command (USARC) will be fully relocated to Ft. Bragg as part of the BRAC (BASE Realignment and Closure Commission). These moves will bring thousands of new personnel and contractors to the region. The southeast region has a number of excellent resources to assist military contractor companies that have interest in the region, including the Military Business Center, BRAC Regional Task Force, and the Defense and Security Accelerator.

DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY ASSETS

Military contractors of all types are focusing on NC’s

Southeast Region as a growing Defense and Homeland

Security business cluster. Anchored by Ft. Bragg, the

Army’s largest US military installation, the Region

offers contractors unique access to military purchasing

and logistics.

The defense/security industryencompasses 7% of North Carolina’s gross state product and brings $23 billioninto the State annually.  DOD spending was $3.6 billionin 2008, a 22% increase over FY07.  (NC DOC)

MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE REGION

• Ft. Bragg / Pope AFB, near Fayetteville

   Units on base include XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd

   Airborne Division, US Army Special Operations

   Command, and the US Army JFK Special Warfare

   Center, as well as the AF 43rd Airlift Wing and the

   440th Airlift Wing.

   > Over 70,000 military and civilian personnel on

      base.

• US Army Forces Command and Army Reserve

   Command moving to Ft. Bragg

   > By summer of 2011, Ft. Bragg will be the new

      home to US Army Forces Command

   > Joint command between FORSCOM and USARC

      that trains and equips the soldiers, including

      logistics and transportation

   > More than 35 general commands on base

• Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point

  (MOTSP), near Southport

  > DOD’s East Coast key munitions shipping point,

     also serving Ft. Bragg

• District Army Corps of Engineers office, in

  Wilmington

   > Manages/controls federally authorized projects

      within the State

• Marine Corps Base—Camp Lejeune is the home

   of the II Marine Expeditionary Force and the newly

   created U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations

   Command, making the base one of the Marine

   Corps’ most important strategic assets. Marine Corps

   Installations East—which implements policy, develops

   strategy and allocates resources across Marine

   Corps installations throughout the East Coast—also is

   located at Camp Lejeune.

• Marine Corps Air Station—Cherry Point is home

   to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the Navy’s Fleet

   Readiness Center East and the nation’s only Vertical

   Lift Center of Excellence.

• Marine Corps Air Station—New River, just outside

   of Camp Lejeune, supports and enhances the Marine

   Corps Aviation Combat Element, including serving as

   the Marine Corps’ training center for the MV-22

   “Osprey” aircraft.

• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is home to the

   4th Fighter Wing and the multi-role, all-weather F-

   15E Strike Eagle; and provides worldwide deployable

   aircraft and personnel capable of executing combat

   missions in support of the Aerospace Expeditionary

   Force.

• The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East

   (FRC East)— located at MCAS Cherry Point, NC —

   provides extensive maintenance and engineering

   support to Navy and Marine Corps aviation, as well

   as other armed services, federal agencies and oreign

   governments. Thelargest single industrial employer

   in North Carolina east of Interstate 95, FRC East

   employs over 4,000 civilian, military and contractor

   personnel.  As a service provider specializing in

   support of Marine Corps aircraft, engines, and

   components, FRC is the only source of repair within

   the continental United States.