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Harrison County Special Report 2011 NEWS UPDATES FROM HARRISON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Harrison County Special Report 2011 The Military October 2011 South Mississippi's multibillion-dollar bases are Commentary 2 education and training hot spots that deploy troops and Economic Impact 3 equipment worldwide. They are pillars of the economy, Keesler Air Force Base 4 providing jobs to thousands and awarding millions in Seabees 8 National Guard 10 contracts to local businesses... Coast Guard 12 Defense Contractors 13 Veterans & Retirees 14 National Cemetery 15 Navy at Stennis 16 Camp Shelby 18 Supervisor of Shipbuilding 19 Bases at a Glance 20 About the Harrison County Development Commission: Created in 1958, the Harrison County Development Commission (HCDC) is the lead economic development agency for Harrison County, including the cities of Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi and D’Iberville. HCDC, through its people and resources, is committed to promoting Harrison County as a positive place to live and do business, to developing quality jobs, to creating increased wealth for all stakeholders and to “Moving the Mississippi Gulf Coast Forward.” Contact Information: M-1A2 Abrams of Tennessee's 278th Armored Cavalry fires a round during training at Camp Shelby. Larry S. Barnett Photo by SFC Clint Wood, 278th Public Affairs Office. Executive Director 228-896-5020 www.mscoast.org commentary Honoring Our Men and Women in Uniform The military is an integral part of our community in Harrison County, and in the broader South Mississippi region. They are valued guests while they’re here, and we’re happy many of them decide to settle here when they leave the military. These highly educated citizens continue to improve our communities in second careers, some serving in public Center is a key military office, some starting businesses. logistics center, and the place where Seabees In this, our third military report, you will learn more about teach combat skills to the impact our service men and women make on our economy, other military personnel. education, job creation and defense. I’m struck by some of The Gulfport Readiness the numbers in this year’s report. Center is home to one of four Combat Readiness Call them “wow” numbers, if you will. Here’s just a few: Training Centers in the • The combined economic impact of the military Larry Barnett nation, as well as one installations in this region is more than $1 billion. of four helicopter repair • Keesler is listed as having one of the highest replacement depots. NASA’s Stennis Space Center is home of the Navy’s values in the nation. The bases in Harrison County oceanography command, critical for fleet and other military account for 44 percent of the replacement value of all operations, a Navy Research Lab detachment and special bases in Mississippi. operations training. • Harrison County has 6 percent of Mississippi’s population, but more than 21 percent of the state’s military retirees. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of the military • Department of Defense retirees bring in more than bases and their personnel. This special report of the HCDC $10 million every month in payroll. Communicator is our way of showing them, and others, that • Harrison County has a larger percentage of veterans we value what they do for us. Let’s continue to support our than the nation as a whole, and this group is better educated men and women in uniform. We salute you, now and always. and earns more than the non-veteran population. • During 2010 in Harrison County, 277 contractors won $147 million in work for the Defense Department. Larry Barnett From 2000 to 2010, the value was $1.2 billion. Executive Director • The Seabees have more than a half-billion dollars worth Harrison County Development Commission of equipment in Gulfport ready for deployment worldwide. 228-896-5020 • Keesler and the Naval Construction Battalion Center train www.mscoast.org a combined 40,000 students every year; thousands of pilots hone their skills at the Combat Readiness Training Center. • Camp Shelby since 2004 has trained and deployed more than 150,000 troops to hot spots and combat zones around the world. The numbers are only part of the story. The value of the The Harrison County Development Commission was military missions in South Mississippi is clear. Keesler is created in 1958 and is the lead economic development the Air Force center for electronics training, including those agency for Harrison County, including the cities of who will fight in the new battlefield in cyberspace, and it’s Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi and also home to a major Air Force medical center, airlift and D’Iberville. HCDC is committed to promoting Harrison weather recon operations. The Naval Construction Battalion County as a positive place to live and do business, to developing quality jobs, to creating increased wealth for all stakeholders and to “Moving the Mississippi Gulf Coast Forward.” HCDC Communicator • October 2011 • Page 2 economic impact Camp Shelby Forrest County National Guard Forrest National Guard Training Center Gulfport Air National Guard Army National Guard Naval Construction Stennis Space Center Battalion Center Hancock County Gulfport NASA, U.S. Navy tenant U.S. Navy Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Harrison U.S. Air Force Hancock Jackson Coast Guard Station Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulfport Pascagoula U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Navy The Multibillion-dollar Military Footprint There are some big numbers that come into play when it comes to the The Dollars military’s annual economic impact on Installation/Activity Economic Impact Multiplier/Extended PRV South Mississippi. Keesler Air Force Base $709 Million $1.19 Billion $2.4 Billion* The estimated economic impact of the bases in Harrison County alone is Naval Construction Battalion Center $350 Million n/a $987.9 Million $1.11 billion. Add Navy activities at Air National Guard $50 Million n/a $160.1 Million Stennis Space Center and Camp Camp Shelby $137 Million (payroll) n/a $1.2 Billion Shelby’s payroll and the impact Stennis Space Center $162 Million $321 Million n/a increases to $1.41 billion. And that’s (Navy only) a low number. It doesn’t include Totals $1.41 Billion $1.51 Billion $4.74 Billion figures for the Coast Guard or the * Includes Site #2 ($50.3M), Training Annex ($50.1M) Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding, which were not available. But that’s just the “standard” impact for Keesler and the According to the Department of Defense Base Structure “50-mile radius” impact for the Navy at SSC. Use Keesler’s Report Fiscal Year 2010 Baseline, the total Plant Replacement multiplier effect and SSC’s “global” impact and the impact Value (PRV) for military bases in Mississippi is $7.9 billion. is more than $1.51 billion. But the thinking is, that probably Keesler Air Force Base, its Site #2 and training annex #1 underestimates the impact. Numbers provided by some of the combined are valued at $2.4 billion - 30 percent of the value bases are from a few years ago and haven’t been updated. of all bases in Mississippi. But Keesler’s economic impact numbers are done every year, Add the Naval Construction Battalion Center and the and give a detailed picture. Military/student payroll is $195.6 National Guard activities and the figure goes to $3.5 billion, million and civilian payroll $211.4 million. The base spends more than 44 percent of the state’s total. Go further and add $153 million making purchases from local businesses for a Camp Shelby and the value rises to $4.7 billion, nearly 60 variety of services. It also lists $147.4 million as the payroll percent of the state’s total. for secondary jobs created, and provides $782,000 worth of But those are DoD totals. It doesn’t include the volunteer hours. replacement value of Stennis Space Center, where the Navy All of that is a value to the community. But there’s another is the biggest tenant, or the Department of Homeland set of numbers that shows the military’s value to the Pentagon. Security’s Coast Guard. HCDC Communicator • October 2011 • Page 3 keesler air force base Keesler: Training, Healing and Flying • 20,000 plus students train every year at Keesler • Keesler personnel deploy worldwide • One of the largest medical facilities in the Air Force The 1,859-acre base has been a part of the Biloxi landscape since 1941 and is Keesler AFB replacement value: $2.4 billion one of the most valuable in the Defense Department’s inventory. The Department of Defense Base Structure Report Fiscal Year 2010 Baseline lists Keesler Air Force Base as among the largest Propellers spin on C-130J-30 stretch model flown by the 815th and 345th AS. sites in the continental U.S. in terms of Photo courtesy of U.S. Airforce by Tech Sgt. Ryan Labadens. replacement value - $2.3 billion. That’s the highest in Mississippi. With Keesler Site #2 and beyond that the Gulf of Mexico. and the training annex, it adds another $100.4 million. The base, part of the Texas-based Air Education and But the value goes beyond dollars. Keesler is one of the Training Command, is headquarters to the 2nd Air Force and largest technical training centers in the Air Force, where the 81st Training Wing. The number of people associated with tens of thousands of students are trained every year in the base, military and civilian personnel and dependents, is technical fields that are increasingly important to the military. between 14,000 and 15,000. Some live on base, some off. In addition, it’s home to one of the Air Force’s largest Most recent figures available show Keesler with an operating medical centers, also a training site, and has a crucial budget of $520 million, but between 2006 and 2009 close to airlift mission.
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