Let’s see … Maine needs an economic boost, it’s on the Atlantic coast, it already has a major Coast Guard presence.
What a great place for a military training center!
Are you listening Limestone (former Air Force Base)?
Are you listening Brunswick (former naval air station)?
Are you listening Janet (governor who allegedly cares about creating real jobs)?
The Coast Guard just published its request for proposals for a new training center and is waiting for serious responses.
Agency officials announced they’re looking for a recruiting base with room to accommodate lodging for 1,200 recruits, a dining hall big enough to fit 400 hungry trainees and a medical facility to support 1,000 personnel.
They also need 14 classrooms, a 25-yard-long pool, a gym, and proximity to – drum roll – an airport.
Hmmm, could there be such a place in Maine with its 3,478 miles of tidal shoreline?
The Coast Guard is providing communities meeting the screening criteria an opportunity to submit potential candidate locations by responding to the RFI at SAM.gov.
This coastal defense agency almost tailor made for the Pine Tree State is accepting responses until December 8.
Additional information regarding the RFI and market research, including location criteria, is available at the Coast Guard’s Force Design 2028 website.
Potential candidates will receive additional information from the Coast Guard as part of the assessment process, based on the approved requirements and evaluation criteria.
Let’s go, Dirigo!
