WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved $12.8 million in funding requested by Congressman Dave Hobson (OH-7) for a new Ohio National Guard (ONG) Combat Communications Training Complex at the Springfield Air National Guard Base (SANG). The new facility will replace an overcrowded and outdated building, and be used for operations, equipment maintenance, and training in support of 150 personnel from the Ohio National Guard’s 269th Combat Communications Squadron and the 251st Combat Communications Group. The funding was included in the Fiscal Year 2009 Military Quality of Life-Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill approved by the House today. Overall, the bill provides for $24.8 billion for military construction, and $47.7 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs.