Vance Barracks at Presidio of Monterey is a military structure that houses students of the Defense Language Institute(DLI). The institute’s foreign language center is the primary tenant organization of the United States Army garrison Presidio of Monterey (POM) located in Monterey, California about 117 miles south of San Francisco, on the Pacific coast of the United States of America.[1]
| Vance Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Presidio of Monterey, California, USA | |
| Site information | |
| Owner | |
| Operator |  United States Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 2005 - 2006 |
| Built for | Defense Language Institute |
| Architect | TAM+CZ Architects, LLP [1] |
| In use | 2006-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Presidio of Monterey |
| Occupants | Students of the Defense Language Institute |
The barracks are named for Gene Arden Vance Jr., a US Special Forces graduate of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) who, despite being critically wounded, used his language skills to help save the lives of two fellow Americans and 18 Afghani soldiers during the War in Afghanistan (2001–14). Vance was the first alumni of DLIFLC to be killed in combat since the terrorist attacks on the US of September 2001.[2] The Barrack’s plaque, features Vance’s face sculpted in bronze with an inscription dedicated to his life and achievements.
Construction of the 2,823,098 sq. ft. barracks was overseen by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was completed in 2006 at an estimated cost of $8,800,000. The barracks were constructed to help improve the living conditions for DLI students [3] and were specially designed to protect the occupants in the case of collapse by localizing failures without the continued collapse of the overall building.[4]
A Ribbon–Cutting Ceremony marking the official opening of Vance Barracks took place on Friday, Aug. 25, 2006.[5]
References edit
- ^ United States Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey. "About Us". United States Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey. US DoD. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ BINKLEY, CAMERON (2011). THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER A PICTORIAL HISTORY (PDF). Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, California USA: U.S. Army. p. 158. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Farr, Sam (December 5, 2006). "IN HONOR OF GENE ARDEN VANCE, JR". Congressional Record. 152 (132): E2083. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Brooks Ransom. "Barracks at Presidio of Monterey". Brooks Ransom Associates. Brooks Ransom Associates. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "pg. 23 DLIFLC GLOBE" (PDF). Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of Monterey.