The Department of War’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation awarded ten grants totaling $90 million under the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) on September 24, 2025. The awards, drawn from Fiscal Year 2025 appropriated funds, support infrastructure improvements in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Guam, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington state. Projects range from fiber optic cable at a long-range radar site in the North Slope Borough of Alaska to an anaerobic digester in Kitsap County, Washington. Combined with $59.9 million in non-federal contributions, total investment across the ten projects reaches $150 million.
What it means
Each grant targets infrastructure that the program defines as enhancing military value, installation resiliency, cadet training at covered educational institutions, or family quality of life. The awards follow a competitive process initiated by a May 27, 2025, Notice of Funding Opportunity; on August 15, the Assistant Secretary of War for Energy, Installations, and Environment directed the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to invite applications for the ten selected projects. Groundbreaking on any project may begin only after all environmental requirements have been satisfied, according to the department.
The projects serve a range of installations: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska is supported by two separate awards — a $14 million fiber optic grant to North Slope Borough and a $2.6 million electrical infrastructure grant to Golden Valley Electric Association at Murphy Dome. A third Alaska award of $13 million to Golden Valley Electric Association covers a substation and communication systems serving Eielson Air Force Base. In California, a $7 million grant to North County Fire Protection District supports fire station construction near Marine Corps Camp Pendleton and Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Fallbrook. Connecticut’s Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments received $5.7 million to replace 11,700 linear feet of water main serving Submarine Base New London. The Port Authority of Guam received $4.8 million for pier structural and safety upgrades at Joint Region Marianas. Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation received $10 million toward a $35.8 million reconstruction of US-69 and replacement of the Peaceable Creek bridge, which serves McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, received $11.9 million toward a $29.9 million waterline construction project supporting Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads. Kitsap County Public Works in Washington received $20 million toward a $40 million anaerobic digester and related infrastructure project.
Key facts
- $90 million: total federal DCIP grants awarded September 24, 2025, across ten projects
- $59.9 million: non-federal funding leveraged; $150 million combined total investment
- Funding source: Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations; authorized under 10 U.S. Code § 2391
- $20 million to Kitsap County Public Works, Washington — anaerobic digester and related infrastructure; $40 million total project cost
- $14 million to North Slope Borough, Alaska — fiber optic infrastructure at Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site; $23.5 million total project cost
- $13 million to Golden Valley Electric Association, Alaska — substation and communication systems serving Eielson Air Force Base; $13.3 million total project cost
- $11.9 million to City of Chesapeake, Virginia — waterline construction serving Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads; $29.9 million total project cost
- $10 million to Oklahoma Department of Transportation — US-69 reconstruction and Peaceable Creek bridge replacement serving McAlester Army Ammunition Plant; $35.8 million total project cost
- Notice of Funding Opportunity issued May 27, 2025; applications invited August 15, 2025
Source: Department of War news release (war.gov)