Ashley Moody, Rick Scott guide nearly $1B to Florida military installations

'These wins are not just allocated dollars; they are a down payment on the future of our military in Florida.'

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U.S. Sens. Ashley Moody and Rick Scott have landed nearly $1 billion in federal funding that will be distributed to several military installations in Florida.

They both announced that the funding will be provided through the Senate National Defense Authorization Act approved this year. The money directed to Florida amounts to $935 million.

The funding is part of a spending package to support military personnel, installations and defense industrial bases in Florida. Moody said the funding is earmarked for projects throughout the Sunshine State.

“Supporting our armed forces is not just my job — as a mom in a military family, it is personal to me. These wins are not just allocated dollars; they are a down payment on the future of our military in Florida, aimed at strengthening the state’s installations and defense industrial base,” Moody said in a news release Wednesday.

“It is such an honor to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee and deliver real, tangible wins back to our state. I have worked from day one on this Committee to ensure our military remains the most capable and well supported fighting force in the world.”

Scott was equally enthused with the funding slated for the Sunshine State.

“Florida is home to thousands of servicemen and women who put on a uniform every day and put their lives on the line to protect our country,” Scott said.

“Our state hosts more than 20 military installations and three combatant commands. I am pleased to see so many critical provisions have been included in this year’s version of the bill that will help Florida, our warfighters, and our national security.”

President Donald Trump still has to formally sign the legislation, but when that happens, the funding will be implemented in the federal 2027 fiscal year budget.

Key projects that will receive the funding include the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with support for the Eastern Range and the nation’s busiest launch site. Projects include a new command facility, base support and communications warehouses.

In addition, funding will go to support a launch facility, security forces, vehicle maintenance facilities and a missile-defense test facility.

Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City is also slated for some of the funding to enhance gate projects at the facility and provide a fire and crash rescue station.

In Fort Walton Beach, Eglin Air Force Base will get funding to help with enhancing recruit training capacity and design funding for a hangar and physical fitness complex on the grounds of the installation.

Homestead Air Force Reserve Base in South Florida will be getting a climate-controlled tactical storage warehouse.

The First Coast is getting funding for several installations in that region including money for Naval Air Station Jacksonville for the addition of a power generation grid. The Camp Blanding’s Florida National Guard installation will add a multipurpose training range, and the Marine Corps Support Facility on Blount Island will modernize the communications infrastructure at the installation.

And the Naval Air Station in Key West is set for funding to construct a command-and-control facility.