Foley, Navy Expand Services Arrangement

The City of Foley and the U.S. Navy are working to expand a cooperative arrangement for the city to provide services at Barin Field in Foley. The Foley City Council approved a letter of intent with the Navy’s Whiting Field in Pensacola. City Administrator Mike Thompson said the proposal would allow Foley to perform work at Barin Field but does not obligate the city to any specific duties. Randy Roy, naval operational liaison officer with Whiting Field, said similar agreements in other areas have reduced costs for the Navy. “You’re talking about basic things that we normally pay for, roads, maybe some repairs, things that you typically have within your bandwidth which you already support,” Roy said. “It’s whether or not those things come to fruition. There’s no dollars that are coming from your coffers to go to this.” He added that locations such as Barin Field and other sites in Alabama play a key part in military aviation training.