The Connecticut Army National Guard this afternoon announced that a new $29 million, 112,000 square-foot ground-maintenance repair facility will be located Camp Hartell in Windsor Locks. It’s called a combined support maintenance shop (CSMS) and will become the maintenance headquarters and centralized repair facility for approximately $325 million in equipment. It will replace a 60-year-old shop that was recently demolished. Sixty four workers will operate out of the center on the .
“The National Guard is an essential operational partner with the Active Army,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in a statement. “Our Guard deserves maintenance facilities that are modern and efficient to help ensure its equipment is always ready. I am grateful for the strong support of our Congressional delegation in making this project a reality.”
Sixty-four management and maintenance personnel will work out of the facility when completed and will work on the 700 vehicles and thousands of other pieces of equipment in the state’s 17 National Guard facilities.
“Equipment readiness is a vital part of keeping our unit’s prepared for both federal and state missions,” said Maj. Gen. Thaddeus J. Martin, Connecticut’s adjutant general and commander of the National Guard. “This facility will help us maintain that readiness for generations to come.” Construction will begin in October, with full occupation planned for December 2015. Camp Hartell for U.S. Army First Lieutenant Lee R. Hartell of Danbury who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on August 27, 1951 during the Korean War. He was a forward observer for the field artillery forward observer when he was killed near Kobanson-ni, Korea.
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