One of the more special aspects of North Carolina's history and heritage is her commitment to the nation's military. And one city where you can truly feel that commitment is Fayetteville, the home of Fort Bragg and the 82nd Airborne.
The exquisite Airborne & Special Operations Museum -- still just an infant, as the age of museums go -- is undergoing its first expansion since its 2000 opening. The new exhibit will tell the "story" of special ops.
“We’ve been quiet for too long,” Lt. Col. Hans Bush, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, told the Fayetteville Observer. “It’s an important story. We want to make sure it gets told."
The new $950,000 gallery is being built in space once used for storage at the museum. The Army, according to the newspaper, is giving the museum equipment for exhibits, including a Humvee, a four-wheeler and a laser targeting device used for close air support.
John Duvall, the museum's director, told the Observer that obtaining the Humvee was a coup.
“They are not easy to come by. We are at war,” Duvall said. “We were told to just go away, it wasn’t going to happen.”
For more on the museum expansion, go here.
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