Officials break ground on new building

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  • By Mike Molina
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DENVER --  History was made as officials broke ground on the Air Reserve Personnel Center's new headquarters building July 23 at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command, spoke to an audience of more than 200 ARPC employees and Air Force and community leaders during the groundbreaking ceremony. 

"We are about to marry up a world-class facility with a world-class agency on a world-class installation," General Stenner said.

The ceremony marked the beginning of an estimated $17 million, two-year construction project to build a new facility for ARPC. The building is part of ARPC's scheduled move to Buckley, which was mandated by the Base Realignment and Closure committee in 2005.
 
ARPC was established in 1953 at 3800 York Street in Denver. In 1976, the Center was moved to the former Lowry Air Force Base, where it has been for the last 33 years. 

"ARPC has been through a history of change," General Stenner said. "Throughout that history of change, you see a legacy of service at ARPC."

The new headquarters will allow ARPC's workforce of more than 400 military and civilian employees to continue providing personnel services to nearly 1 million Air Force reservists, Air National Guardsmen, and retirees.

"What a good day for ARPC, AFRC, the Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base and the city of Aurora," said Brig. Gen. Kevin Pottinger, ARPC commander. "This is what we call total force."