Va. Guard breaks ground on new multipurpose training center at Camp Pendleton - Oct. 24, 2014

The Virginia National Guard conducts a formal ground breaking ceremony on the first phase of a multipurpose training facility at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach Oct. 24, 2014. The first phase of the facility, which is slated to be completed in early December, will cost an estimated $1.8 million, occupy 1.5 acres and include two 70-feet by 120-feet steel framed tensioned fabric structures and two 180-feet square grids where military units can set up their tactical operations center equipment and conduct battalion, brigade and division-level command post exercises. The facility can also be used as a staging area for Virginia National Guard units preparing for National Guard civil support missions when on state active duty. In addition to use by tenant organizations such as the 203rd RED HORSE Squadron and the Commonwealth ChalleNGe, the new facility can also be used by other Department of Defense and public safety training customers.