U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., voted in support of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 Thursday which, among other things, includes about $1.5 million for the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy in Meridian.
The Act provides the nation’s armed forces with the weapons, equipment and funds to ensure continued excellence in America’s military performance, according to a news release from Harper’s office Thursday. The measure also includes funding for two key Third Congressional District defense projects.
It includes $3.5 million for research of the Advanced, Long Endurance Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies at Mississippi State University and operation of the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy in Meridian.
“I am encouraged by the House’s decision to include funding for these instrumental Mississippi projects,” Harper said. “The unparalleled research conducted at Mississippi State University for the Unattended Ground Sensor will help our military achieve real-time battlefield situational awareness.”
Meridian Star
7/31/9
Magnolia Tribune
