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Nebraska National Guard breaks ground on new $9.7 million barracks at Mead Training Site

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Nebraska National Guard breaks ground on new $9.7 million barracks at Mead Training Site

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Nebraska National Guard breaks ground on new $9.7 million barracks at Mead Training Site

Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
Nov 15, 2023
Nov 15, 2023 Updated Apr 17, 2024
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A ceremonial groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.

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YUTAN — Soon, Nebraska National Guard soldiers won’t have to set up tents when they’re drilling here at the guard’s Mead Training Site.

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A rendering on display during Tuesday's groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan.
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Maj. Gen. Craig Strong, the Nebraska adjutant general with the Nebraska Army National Guard, speaks during the groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at a training site near Yutan.
ANNA REED, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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A ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan.
ANNA REED, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Photos: Nebraska Army National Guard breaks ground on new barracks

A ceremonial groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD

Maj. Gen. Craig Strong, the Nebraska Adjutant General with the Nebraska Army National Guard, speaks during the groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD

A rendering on display during the groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD

A groundbreaking for a new 160-bed barracks project at the Nebraska Army National Guard Mead Training Site near Yutan on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
ANNA REED THE WORLD-HERALD

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