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TEL AVIV, Israel \u2014 U.S. and Israeli officers broke ground in Israel on Monday for a permanent U.S. Army base that will house dozens of U.S. soldiers, operating under the American flag, and charged with the mission of defending against rocket and missile attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American base, officers in Israel say, will be an independent facility co-located at the Israel Defense Forces Air Defense School in southern Israel, near the desert capital of Beersheba. Once completed, the base will house U.S. operational systems to identify and intercept a spectrum of aerial threats, along with barracks, recreational and other facilities required to support several dozen American air defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA few dozens of soldiers of our American allies will be stationed here permanently. They are part of an American task force that will be stationed here,\u201d said Israeli Air Force Brig. Gen. Zvika Haimovich, the IDF\u2018s air defense commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Haimovich, the co-located, permanent U.S. presence will enhance Israel\u2019s ability to detect and defend against the growing rocket and missile threat. \u201cThe purpose of their presence is not for training or for exercises, but rather as part of a joint Israeli and American effort to sustain and enhance our defensive capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. John Gronski, deputy commanding general of the Army National Guard in U.S. Army Europe, led the U.S. delegation participating in Sept. 18 ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The United States is to create a new permanent base in Israel, something the U.S. Army National Guard’s deputy commanding general says “signifies the strong bond” between the U.S. and Israel. “We\u2019ll have Israeli airmen, U.S. soldiers living and working side-by-side,” Maj. Gen. John L. Gronski said. (Israel Defense Forces)\n\nCorrection: A previous version of this video misidentified the force Gronski helps command. He is with the U.S. Army National Guard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Referring to the site as Site 883 Life Support Area, Gronski said the planned base \u201csignifies the strong bond\u201d that exists between the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis life support area represents the first ever stationing of a U.S. Army unit on Israeli soil,\u201d he said. \u201cThe U.S. and Israel have long planned together, exercised together, trained together. And now, with the opening of this site, these crucial interactions will occur every day. We\u2019ll have Israeli airmen, US soldiers living and working side by side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the new U.S. base marks the first to be co-located within an Israeli base and the first in which active interceptors are to be deployed, the U.S. military has operated an independent facility for nearly a decade in the same general area of Israel\u2019s Negev desert. That facility \u2014 which is operated only by Americans without an Israeli presence \u2014 houses the U.S. AN\/TPY-2, an X-Band radar that is integrated with Israeli search and track radars to augment early warning in the event of ballistic missile attack from Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his briefing to reporters, Haimovich said the IDF has been working with its U.S. counterparts for nearly two years to establish the new facility. He emphasized that the American presence \u201cwould not hamper the IDF\u2018s ability to act independently against any threat to the security of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. and Israel have broken ground on a joint military base in southern Israel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He also noted that in recent weeks, the IDFs Air Defense Command stood up a new Iron Dome battalion to enable the Jewish state to more equitably deploy active defenses along its northern as well as southern borders, where Israel faces growing threats from Lebanon and Gaza, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Israel\u2019s operational Iron Dome systems is now in the U.S., where it is competing with U.S.-proposed systems for an interim \u2014 and possibly longer-term \u2014 solution to the medium- and short-range air defense requirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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