The North Dakota National Guard’s Field Maintenance Shop in Valley City, N.D. was dedicated and officially welcomed. The shop is a mainenance shop for the Valley City area unit’s with plenty of room to work on the equipment of the Guard for the 231st Brigade Support Battalion. (N.D. National Guard photo by Jonathan Haugen, Visual Information)

Valley City (NDNG) — After breaking ground for a new vehicle maintenance shop and enclosed heated storage facility in June 2015, North Dakota National Guard leaders and elected officials yesterday unveiled the finished $13 million project to attendees at a formal ribbon cutting ceremony. Members of the Valley City-based Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 231st Brigade Support Battalion (231st BSB) can now use the new facilities to better support unit maintenance operations and training.
Sen. John Hoeven, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, Valley City Mayor Dave Carlsrud, Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, North Dakota adjutant general, and other community leaders were in attendance to celebrate the project’s completion.
“I would like to thank the community of Valley City. None of this would be possible without the support of the city government and the community members,” Sanford said. “And many thanks to the architects, engineers and the contractors who worked on and completed this project several months ahead of schedule. You have directly and positively affected the readiness of our North Dakota National Guard.”
As a result of force structure changes in 2008, the 231st BSB added Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks with Palletized Load Systems and accompanying oversized equipment to its inventory. The previous maintenance shop was not suitable for expansion to house the newer equipment.
“This facility will directly improve the readiness of our National Guard,” Dohrmann said. “The new 45,000-square-foot vehicle maintenance shop replaces the old 3,230-square-foot facility near the Valley City Airport, which was built in 1960. This new facility will continue to support the maintenance requirements for our units in Valley City, as well as, Jamestown, Lisbon, Edgeley and Wishek. It allows us to perform more maintenance in-state and decreases the turnaround time for maintenance on our vehicles.”
The new maintenance facilities are designed for a minimum 50-year life span and include the latest technology in energy efficiencies, in accordance with the Department of Defense’s Unified Facilities Code. About 14 full-time unit maintenance personnel now will work in the new buildings to support the 231st BSB and its subordinate units.
The North Dakota National Guard’s presence within the Valley City community dates back to 1884 when Company G, 1st Dakota Volunteers of the Dakota Territory first mustered there. As North Dakota entered statehood in 1889, the unit became the 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment and later was re-designated as Company G, 164th Infantry Regiment in 1917. Under this moniker, Soldiers from the unit served in France during World War I and the Pacific Theater in World War II. In 1955, it was reorganized as the

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— After breaking ground for a new vehicle maintenance shop and enclosed heated storage facility in June 2015, North Dakota National Guard leaders and elected officials yesterday unveiled the finished $13 million project to attendees at a formal ribbon cutting ceremony. Members of the Valley City-based Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 231st Brigade Support Battalion (231st BSB) can now use the new facilities to better support unit maintenance operations and training.
Sen. John Hoeven, Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, Valley City Mayor Dave Carlsrud, Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, North Dakota adjutant general, and other community leaders were in attendance to celebrate the project’s completion.
“I would like to thank the community of Valley City. None of this would be possible without the support of the city government and the community members,” Sanford said. “And many thanks to the architects, engineers and the contractors who worked on and completed this project several months ahead of schedule. You have directly and positively affected the readiness of our North Dakota National Guard.”
As a result of force structure changes in 2008, the 231st BSB added Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks with Palletized Load Systems and accompanying oversized equipment to its inventory. The previous maintenance shop was not suitable for expansion to house the newer equipment.
“This facility will directly improve the readiness of our National Guard,” Dohrmann said. “The new 45,000-square-foot vehicle maintenance shop replaces the old 3,230-square-foot facility near the Valley City Airport, which was built in 1960. This new facility will continue to support the maintenance requirements for our units in Valley City, as well as, Jamestown, Lisbon, Edgeley and Wishek. It allows us to perform more maintenance in-state and decreases the turnaround time for maintenance on our vehicles.”
The new maintenance facilities are designed for a minimum 50-year life span and include the latest technology in energy efficiencies, in accordance with the Department of Defense’s Unified Facilities Code. About 14 full-time unit maintenance personnel now will work in the new buildings to support the 231st BSB and its subordinate units.
The North Dakota National Guard’s presence within the Valley City community dates back to 1884 when Company G, 1st Dakota Volunteers of the Dakota Territory first mustered there. As North Dakota entered statehood in 1889, the unit became the 1st North Dakota Infantry Regiment and later was re-designated as Company G, 164th Infantry Regiment in 1917. Under this moniker, Soldiers from the unit served in France during World War I and the Pacific Theater in World War II. In 1955, it was reorganized as the

Valley City  (CSi)  – Senator John Hoeven Thursday joined North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) officials in dedicating their new $13 million vehicle maintenance facility in Valley City. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Hoeven helped secure $10.8 million of the facility’s $13 million cost, with the balance of funding coming from the National Guard Bureau. Hoeven joined Guard leaders at the groundbreaking in 2015.

Also on hand were, North Dakota Lt. Governor, Brent Sanford, and North Dakota Adjutant General, Major General Alan Dohrmann.

 

Hoeven says, “This vehicle maintenance facility is a significant upgrade for the Guard and provides more space and new capabilities to keep the Guard’s vehicles up and running.  The old shop was more than  50 years old and could not accommodate the Guard’s vehicles. This new maintenance facility was completed ahead of schedule and will help support our Guard members in their important missions to serve our state and nation.”

 

The new facility is 45,000 square feet, with 30,000 square feet in the maintenance shop and 15,000 square feet of vehicle storage space. It will support maintenance for up to 175 pieces of equipment. The new facility will allow Guard units to meet operational readiness and training objectives and it provides space for office supplies and parking, training and physical fitness areas and administrative offices. It meets guidelines for anti-terrorism Force Protection as well as requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

The old vehicle maintenance facility was built in 1960 and was a little over 3,200 square feet. Among other limitations, it could not accommodate the 231st Brigade Support Battalion’s Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks. Senator Hoeven toured the constrained maintenance center in Valley City in 2014 and was able to secure funding for the new facility in the fiscal year 2015 government funding legislation.