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Partnership for Prosperity
By: Jim Hearne, 2015 Wyoming Wrangler Committee Chairman

The purpose of the Wyoming Wranglers is to further the
prosperity of the military community in Cheyenne and the
surrounding area, and to pursue other developmental and
economic opportunities. This includes protecting our economy
through the preservation and growth of military personnel,
assets, and missions in our community, improving transportation
options and facilities to prepare our infrastructure for a strong and
diversified future, and influencing the issues that are important to
sustaining and growing business. The group conducts advocacy
work on a city, state, and national level.

advocating for the issues that impact the livelihood and wellbeing of the community in which we live. Those efforts have
helped to influence the improvement of both large and small
infrastructure projects needed by our local military. Some
examples of these projects include the front gate improvements
at the Base and the Squadron Operations building at the
Wyoming National Guard facility. Over 400 personnel have been
added through the force improvement program, the majority of
whom have been security forces. The approval process and
allocation of $95 million is underway with the anticipation that the
Missile Roll Transfer Facility will be funded.
Other projects under consideration to be funded in the future
include the Consolidated SQ OPS/TRF Facility, the Weapons
Storage Facility, Dog Kennel, Dormitory, and an updated
Airframe for helicopters.
The United States Forest Service will be receiving C-130s from
the Coast Guard to assist their firefighting mission. Cheyenne
has been working to be considered a candidate to house these
C-130s. We believe that Cheyenne has the facility, tarmac, and
resources for the required maintenance of these C-130s.

Our advocacy efforts are greatly enhanced through a strategic
partnership formed with our consultant in Washington, DC. This
consulting arrangement is made possible largely by the financial
support of our Wrangler members. A priority of the Wranglers
has been communicating the need for a strong and viable
strategic nuclear deterrence to the Wyoming delegation, as well
as delegations from othe