新的学校，食堂，新的消防局和救援站只是军事成员及其家属在世界各地不会看到的项目中的一部分，因为资金被重新挪用，以资助美国边境墙的建设。
星期二，国防部长马克·埃斯佩尔致函军方官员，其中列出了国防部报废的物品，以支付11个建筑项目所需的估计36亿美元，这些项目“是支持武装部队使用的必要条件”随着国家紧急情况“由唐纳德特朗普总统于2月宣布。
在这封信中，Esper批准了特朗普要求的资金，用于遏制美墨边境的非法移民，并列出了在全球美军基地排队的127个项目清单，这些项目将被推迟，因为这笔钱被改为直立175英里沿边界11个不同点的围栏。
“这些项目将阻止非法进入，增加非法越境者的消失时间，并将移民引导至入境口岸。他们将减少对建造障碍地点的国防部人员和资产的需求，并允许重新部署国防部人员和资产在边境的其他高流量区域没有障碍。简而言之，这些障碍将使国防部能够更有效地为国土安全部提供支持，“Esper写道。
在那些被推迟的项目中，有几所新的学校，供在美国和国外军事基地的儿童使用。
其中一所学校，坎贝尔堡中学，此前曾在2月引起注意，或者被预算再拨款所淹没。
南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛格雷厄姆在二月份告诉哥伦比亚广播公司的“ 面对国家”时，国防部公布了一份可能被推迟或取消以获得数十亿美元的项目清单，这对肯塔基州的中学生来说更安全。特朗普要求。“我们会把他们带到他们需要的学校，但是现在我们手上已经有了全国性的紧急情况。阿片类药物上瘾正在这个国家的屋顶上......因为我们无法控制大量药物进入这个国家和所有国家都越过边界。“
该学校位于田纳西州 - 肯塔基州边界的坎贝尔堡军基地，估计耗资6200万美元。但是，整个建筑预算已经改为边界墙。
参议院多数党领袖Mitch McConnell（R-KY）在2月份驳回了关于该学校的问题作为“假设”，因为当时的代理国防部长Patrick M. Shanahan还没有决定从五角大楼转移哪些具体资金以帮助支付总统的边界墙。
周四，麦康奈尔的发言人大卫·波普告诉“新闻周刊”，参议员向埃斯波讲述坎贝尔堡中学，并“致力于保护该项目的资金”。
“令人遗憾的是，民主党人反对保护我们的边界现在导致某些军事建设项目可能出现延迟。如果民主党人认真保护我们的家园并与我们合作提供保障边界所需的资金，我们就不会出现这种情况。在我们的拨款过程中，“Popp补充道。
在他的网站上发布的一份声明中，田纳西州国会议员吉姆库珀抨击这一决定部分说：“特朗普总统在试图非法资助更多边界墙时已经跌入新的低点。他最近的资金攫取包括掠夺6300万美元，其目的是建立一个坎贝尔堡急需的中学。我们的军队和他们的家人应该得到更好的帮助。民主党人团结在我们的反对派中;众议院和参议院共和党人应该支持总统和他前所未有的超越。“
参议院少数党领袖Chuck Schumer（DN.Y.）也在周三晚上的Twitter帖子中称这一举动为“一记耳光”。
“对于为我们国家服务的武装部队成员来说，这是一记耳光，@ realDonaldTrump愿意蚕食已经分配的军事资金来增强他自己的自我，而且他承诺墨西哥将支付建设费用。”
在南卡罗来纳州，布拉格堡是一个美国陆军基地的空降和特种部队士兵的家园，看到了3200万美元搬到了边境墙上，这笔钱被留出来建造替代布特纳小学。但是，该项目在周二宣布之前已被搁置。
波多黎各，英国，日本和德国基地学校的其他替代建筑也被推迟。总的来说，用于九所学校的资金将为边界墙提供近4.5亿美元。
其他将被推迟的项目包括位于佛罗里达州廷德尔堡空军基地的一个Crash Fire Rescue站（1700万美元）; 位于德克萨斯州布利斯堡劳雷尔湾的替代消防站（1075.50万美元）; 德克萨斯州和波多黎各基地的餐饮设施（总计3150万美元）和韩国Camp Tango的一个指挥和控制设施（1750万美元）。
$450 MILLION INTENDED TO BUILD SCHOOLS ON MILITARY BASES DIVERTED TO BUILD TRUMP'S BORDER WALL
New schools, dining halls, a new fire station and a rescue station are just some of the projects that military members and their families will not see on bases around the world as money is reappropriated from them to fund construction of the United States' border wall.
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper sent a letter to military officials which outlined the items scrapped by the Department of Defense in order to pay the estimated $3.6 billion needed for 11 construction projects that "are necessary to support the use of the armed forces in connection with the national emergency" declared by President Donald Trump in February.
In the letter, Esper approved the funding requested by Trump to curb illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and included a list of 127 projects lined up at U.S. military bases around the world that will be postponed as the money is rerouted to erect 175 miles of fencing at 11 different points along the border.
"These projects will deter illegal entry, increase the vanishing time of those illegally crossing the border, and channel migrants to ports of entry. They will reduce the demand for DoD personnel and assets at the locations where the barriers are constructed and allow the redeployment of DoD personnel and assets to other high-traffic areas on the border without barriers. In short, these barriers will allow DoD to provide support to DHS more efficiently and effectively," Esper wrote.
Among those projects being postponed are several new schools for children who reside on military bases in the U.S. and abroad.
One such school, Fort Campbell Middle School, previously garnered attention in February or being under the gun of the budget reappropriation.
"It's better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border," South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told CBS' Face the Nation in February when the Department of Defense revealed a list of projects that could be postponed or canceled to obtain the billions requested by Trump. "We'll get them the school they need, but right now we've got a national emergency on our hands. Opioid addiction is going through the roof in this country ... because we can't control the flood of drugs into this country and all of it's coming across the border."
The school, which is located on the Fort Campbell Army base along the Tennessee-Kentucky border, will cost an estimated $62 million to build. However, the entire budget for construction has been rerouted to the border wall.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), dismissed the questions about the school in February as "hypothetical" as then-Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan had not decided what specific funds would be shifted from the Pentagon to help pay for the president's border wall.
On Thursday, McConnell's spokesman, David Popp told Newsweek that the senator spoke to Esper about Fort Campbell Middle School and "is committed to protecting funding" for the project.
"Regrettably, Democrat opposition to secure our borders has now led to the potential delay of certain Military Construction projects. We would not be in this situation if Democrats were serious about protecting our homeland and worked with us to provide the funding needed to secure our borders during our appropriations process," Popp added.
In a statement posted to his website, Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper blasted the decision saying in part: "President Trump has stooped to new lows in trying to illegally fund more border wall. His latest funding grab includes raiding $63 million that was slated to build a much-needed middle school at Fort Campbell. Our troops and their families deserve better. Democrats are united in our opposition; it is up to House and Senate Republicans to stand up to the President and his unprecedented overreach."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) also panned the move, calling it "a slap in the face" in a post to Twitter on Wednesday evening.
"It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country that @realDonaldTrump is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost his own ego, and for a wall he promised Mexico would pay to build."
In South Carolina, Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army base home to airborne and special forces soldiers, saw $32 million moved to the border wall, money which had been set aside to build a replacement for Butner Elementary School. However, that project had already been put on hold prior to Tuesday's announcement.
Additional replacement buildings for schools on bases in Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany were also postponed. Altogether, the funds intended for the nine schools will supply almost $450 million for the border wall.
Other projects that will be postponed include a Crash Fire Rescue station at Fort Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida ($17 million); a replacement fire station at Laurel Bay in Fort Bliss, Texas ($10.750 million); dining facilities at bases in Texas and Puerto Rico (combined $31.5 million) and a Command and Control facility at Camp Tango in Korea ($17.5 million).
