1. Fort Stewart/Hunter
Army Airfield/Kelley Hill
Home of the 3rd Infantry
Division
Fort Stewart/Hunter
Army Airfield/Kelley Hill
Home of the 3rd Infantry
Division
Where Fort Stewart/HAAF Soldiers & Civilians Live
31.8% Liberty County
22.4% Chatham County
20.9 % On Post
9.8% Bryan County
3.8% Long County
1.5% Tattnall County
<1% Wayne County
<1% Effingham County
<1% Bulloch County
<1% Evans County
<1% McIntosh County
<1% Glynn County
9.1% Other
Where Personnel Live
Federal Educational Impact Aid Provided
SCHOOL IMPACT FUNDS
Liberty County $9,665,119
Long County $255,093
Chatham County $166,223
Bryan County $924,910
Total $11,011,345
Premier Power Projection
Platform
For Deploying Forces Globally2 Airfields
- Hunter Army Airfield
- Wright Army Airfield
4 Seaports
- Savannah (Primary)
- Brunswick
- Charleston
- Jacksonville
284,924 Total Acres
Surrounded by 6 Counties
- Liberty - Tattnall
- Long - Bryan
- Evans - Chatham
Warriors Walk
A Living Memorial
A Strategic National Asset
LOCATION
2. As of May 2013, this Economic Impact
Statement provides key unclassified information
about the resources and economic impact of Fort
Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield on the surrounding
community. This document is available to senior
military officials, federal, state and local
officials, local business leaders and the general
public.
An installation’s economic impact on the local
community is calculated by identifiable off-post
spending from gross expenditures. All dollar
figures are rounded to the nearest dollar.
.
Economic Impact Statement
At a Glance
“Largest Army Installation East of the Mississippi River”
284, 924 Acres
617 Miles of Paved Roads
326 Miles of Dirt Roads
538 Miles of Tank Trails
Able to train two brigades simultaneously.
3,485 Buildings
20.8 Million Square Feet of Facilities
11,375 Feet Hunter Army Airfield Runway
5,010 Feet Wright Army Airfield Runway
The replacement value of Fort Stewart/HAAF Facilities is
$5,187,746,500.
Housing
3,629 Family Units
334 Single Soldier Units
9,644 Barracks Spaces
Description of Capital Assets
Southeast Georgia Army Retiree Pay
County
# of
Retirees
Total Annual
Pay
Appling County 37 $672,000
Bryan County 624 $16,608,000
Bulloch County 280 $5,832,000
Candler County 38 $876,000
Chatham County 2,258 $50,364,000
Effingham County 318 $6,132,000
Evans County 55 $1,092,000
Liberty County 3,027 $65,376,000
Long County 288 $5,580,000
McIntosh County 82 $1,584,000
Tattnall County 268 $4,824,000
Toombs County 41 $648,000
Wayne County 173 $3,296,000
Southeast Georgia Army Retiree Pay
COUNTY # OF PEOPLE SALARIES
Liberty County 10,694 $485,704,971
Chatham County 8,776 $416,379,835
On Post 8,726 $410,489,521
Bryan County 1,441 $72,422,301
Long County 692 $35,411,564
Tattnall County 447 $26,597,322
Wayne County 94 $4,875,167
Effingham County 35 $1,788,873
Bulloch County 31 $1,589,622
Evans County 25 $1,754,988
McIntosh County 22 $1,243,724
Glynn County 9 $448,588
Other 1,588 $69,738,513
Total 26,762 $1,528,444,989
Summary of Salaries
In 2012 Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield had
an annual payroll of $1,528,444,989, annual
expenditures of $685,715,000 and a retiree
payroll of $151,092,000. Using a standard
Economic Impact multiplier of 2.2, the total
economic impact of Fort Stewart/Hunter Army
Airfield on southeast Georgia is $5.6 Billion.
Soldier and Civilian Payroll $1,528 Million
Retiree Payroll $162 Million
Annual Expenditures $856 Million
Total Economic Impact in Georgia $5.6 Billion
Summary of Personnel
Summary of Personnel Employed at Fort Stewart/HAAF
Active Duty 24,235
Reserve Components 714
DoD Civilians 4,637
Contractors 1,971
Total 31,557
Military 4,252
3rd Brigade - Kelley Hill at Fort Benning
FORT STEWART/
HUNTER ARMY
AIRFIELD
LARGEST
INDUSTRY IN THE
SAVANNAH REGION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
$5.6 B
