Vision 2030: Military ChallengesSanta Rosa County

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Vision 2030 Military ChallengesSanta Rosa County

• Wayne Nelms, TEAM Santa Rosa, Inc.
• [phone]
• wnelms_at_teamsantarosa.com

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Vision 2030 Military ChallengesSanta Rosa County

• Navy Region Southeast
• NW Florida Military Presence
• Military Missions
• Economic Impact
• Building for the Future
• Joint Land Use Study

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Commander, Navy Region Southeast Area of
Responsibility
Headquarters
22 Installations 11 Air Stations 24 Outlying fie
lds
NSCS Athens
NAS Atlanta
NWS Charleston
NAS Meridian
NSB Kings Bay
NAS JRB Ft. Worth
NS Mayport
NAS Whiting Field
NAS Jacksonville
CBC Gulfport
NAWC Orlando
NSA Panama City
NAS New Orleans
NOTU Cape Canaveral
NAS Pensacola
NAS Corpus Christi
NS Pascagoula
NS Ingleside
NAS Kingsville
NAS Key West
NB Guantanamo Bay
Naval Activity Puerto Rico
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Northwest Florida
Duke Field
Whiting Field
Greenway
Eglin AFB
724 Sq. Miles
Hurlburt Field
NAS Pensacola
NSA Panama City
Tyndall AFB
High Synergy High Military Value
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NAS Whiting Field/ Training Air Wing FIVE
1,200 Students per year Flight hours programmed
FY 07
Fixed-Wing 79,000 Helicopter 69,000
Over 10 of all USN / USMC flight hours world-wide
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Aviation Technical Training
Aviation Maintenance Officer (AMO)
321 students per year 2 electronic classrooms and
mock maintenance lab Maintenance Program Indoc
trination, Management, and Advanced Maintenance
Manager Courses
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Mechanics
Technician Courses 30 students per year Taught a
t NAS Whiting Field and NOLF Choctaw
Aviation Ordnance Officer Career Progression
(AOOCP) 102 students per year 1 electronic class
room Level I/II/III courses (Officer and Senior E
nlisted)
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UAV Flight Training
60 students per year Pioneer UAV
875 flight hours allocated for FY 07
Internal Operator, External Pilot, Mission
Commander Courses Operate from NOLF Choctaw Use
Eglin Restricted Airspace

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Joint Use of Navy Outlying Landing Fields
Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
6th Ranger Training Battalion 7th Special
Forces (Airborne) (BRAC 2005 realignment)
Air Force Special Operations helicopters from Hur
lburt Tilt-rotor and helicopter 301st Rescue Squ
adron from Patrick AFB Marines Helicopter tacti
cal training V-22 Osprey operations once fully im
plemented in the fleet
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Reserves/National Guard
Army Reserve Signal Training National Guard (Si
gnal Training) Signal Units from Mobile, Crestvie
w and Pensacola Navy Navy Reserve Navy Securi
ty Force NAS Whiting Field Ready and Fully In
tegrated Support to NAS Whiting Field
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Joint Strike Fighter, F-35 Lightning II

• New generation fighter
• USAF, USMC, USN and eight allies
• Initial Training Capability, FY-10 at Eglin AFB
• Three variants
• Conventional
• Short take-off/Vertical landing
• Carrier take-off/landing
• Will conduct training operations over the Gulf of
  Mexico
  
• Field Carrier Landing Training at Choctaw.

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NAS Whiting Field 2030 U.S. Navy Investment - Bu
ilding for the Future
Today Repaired storm damage New construction to
replace structures beyond repair
Demolished buildings beyond repair or not cost
effective to renovate Resurfaced runways, taxiway
s, aircraft parking areas Funded New runway/
taxiway lighting and signage Recently announced p
rivatization of military family housing
Long range plan renovate/replace existing units
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NAS Whiting Field Flying into the Future
Navy T-6s in FY-08 Defense Authorization Budget
21 aircraft
First will arrive at Whiting in FY-09
Transition will continue through FY-14
T-6/TH-57/??
2014
TH-57 upgrades in planning phase
HT-28, third helicopter training
squadron will be commissioned
on May 25, 2007.
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NAS Whiting FieldEconomic Impact (FY06)

• Personnel assigned
• DoD Military and Civilian 2,151
• Contractor 965
• Total 3,116
• Salaries 158.8 M
• Contracts 113.3 M
• Total 272.1 M

Does not include impact from NAS Pensacola,
Eglin, Hurlburt, or Retirees
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Managing Encroachment
Tools Compatible Development Land Purchases Ea
sements Partnerships Leveraging Partnerships
Military Construction Agricultural and Conservati
on Easements Non-Governmental Organizations Natu
re Conservancy State funded programs Florida For
ever Yellow River Ravines (NOLF Harold), Escriban
o Point (NOLF Choctaw) Defense Grants Whiting Av
iation Industrial Park
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Santa Rosa County Joint Land Use Study
Study completed in 2003 Provided recommendations
for zoning and future land use.
Amended Land Development Code in Comprehensive
Plan to implement development controls
Prohibits residential up-zoning around military
installations Lighting and other development rest
riction Details allowable uses Requires clusteri
ng of residential development away from military
installation Have initiated land acquisition plan
, 384 acres acquired. Participating in on-going s
tudy at Eglin.
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This is what the community is doing to build val
ue at
NAS Whiting Field
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Questions?

• Wayne Nelms, TEAM Santa Rosa, Inc.
• [phone]
• wnelms_at_teamsantarosa.com