East Alabama’s largest military industrial facility is set for one of its biggest single infusions of construction money in decades — courtesy of Congressman Mike Rogers.
Rogers (R-Saks) announced Monday that $949.1 million in funding tied to President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be directed to military construction projects at Anniston Army Depot, with an additional $82 million secured through the annual appropriations process for a new access control point and a general-purpose warehouse at the installation.
“I am proud to announce over $949 million in funding for Anniston Army Depot,” Rogers (R-Saks) said.
“This funding from President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is critical to ensuring continued success at Anniston Army Depot. I am also excited to see $68 million going to Redstone Arsenal for the design of the new, state-of-the-art Space Command Headquarters. President Trump is delivering for our national security and delivering for the state of Alabama.”
The Redstone design funding is separate from the Anniston Army Depot total.
According to Rogers’ office and local reporting, the $949.1 million package for Anniston Army Depot will be executed across five major projects.
- Component Remanufacturing Facility: $495,000,000
- Small Arms Warehouse: $280,600,000
- Vehicle Paint Shop: $69,500,000
- Replace Buildings 293, 294, and 295: $60,000,000
- Guided Missile Maintenance Building: $44,000,000
In addition, Rogers said he secured $82 million through the appropriations process for an access control point and a general-purpose warehouse, pushing the total investment he announced for the depot to more than $1 billion.
Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), located in Calhoun County, is one of the Army’s premier heavy maintenance and sustainment centers—an installation that keeps major U.S. Army ground systems ready by conducting depot-level repair and overhaul work on platforms such as the M1 Abrams, M88 Recovery Vehicle, Stryker, M113, and others.
Recent GAO work has pointed out that major depots like Anniston play a central role in sustaining key ground systems (including the Abrams and Paladin families) and that availability challenges can be tied to maintenance and industrial capacity constraints.
Anniston Army Depot is one of the biggest economic engines in Calhoun County. The depot and its tenant organizations employ 3,771 people, making it the county’s largest employer, with an estimated $1 billion impact on Alabama’s economy.
In Pentagon terms, Rogers’ announcement is about strengthening the “depot industrial base” — the government-run repair-and-modernization network that keeps major platforms in the fight instead of replacing them outright.
The GAO has repeatedly flagged that depots like Anniston are central to sustaining big ground systems — including families like the Abrams and Paladin — and that readiness can suffer when maintenance capacity or supply chains get tight.
Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.
