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Navy/USMC

Camp Lejeune Facilities Rebuild To Cost Over $3.6 Billion

Thursday, December 13th, 2018

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Camp Lejeune Facilities Rebuild To Cost Over $3.6 Billion

A tree damaged outside Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, during Hurricane Florence, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Sept. 15, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The Commandant of the Marine Corps told senators on Wednesday that the cost to replace or repair dozens of Marine Corps buildings damaged by Hurricane Florence will reach upward of $3.6 billion.Gen. Robert Neller told a joint hearing with the Senate Armed Services subcommittees on seapower and readiness and management support that although the damage to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune does not look at dramatic as civilian damages to the Florida panhandle, the slow-moving storm took a deep toll.Camp…

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