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city (Cheyenne), they are often students learning how to protect our
has evolved beyond the military installations in our area, howev-
community, they could write a documentary about their governmen-
er, the military presence in our City, County and State will always
tal interactions, and finally, they are a professional committee who
be at the forefront for this Committee. Information from sources
transforms raw data to a clean format.
such as the NDIA (National Defense Industry Association) is provided to the Wranglers by our Business Consultant partner which, in
The Wyoming Wranglers, also
known as the Wrangler Committee, was born out of necessity a
few years ago when it became
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turn, allows us to communicate
needs, wants and desires to our
THE WYOMING WRANGLERS, ALSO
very apparent that F. E. Warren
KNOWN AS THE WRANGLER COMMITTEE,
AFB may not survive military de-
WAS BORN OUT OF NECESSITY A FEW
it became quite obvious that this
albatross was bigger than what
could be managed locally so the
decision was made to employ a
YEARS AGO...
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fense budget cuts. At that time,
Congressional delegation. Did
you know that spending on professional services, IT and other
support services is strongest
near Bases? Would this type
of information be important for a
community to know? Absolutely. This allows a community to
determine their economic path
Business Consultant located where these decisions are made….
which goes full circle back to maintaining the military presence in
Washington, D.C.
Since that time, this Committee has become
our community since F. E. Warren AFB, and the Wyoming Army &
the strength of political advocacy in conjunction with the partner-
Air National Guards, combined, are the largest single employer in
ship we have with our Business Consultant. The Wranglers focus
Cheyenne, Laramie County & the State of Wyoming. This is the
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MISSION OF THE WYOMING
WRANLGERS AND HAS SINCE EVOLVED.
NEW MISSION:
The purpose of Wyoming Wranglers is to further the
prosperity of the Military community in Cheyenne and the
surrounding area and to pursue other developmental and
economic opportunities. The group does advocacy work on
a city, state and national level. The Wranglers meet monthly
or as needed. The funds gained from this group support our
lobbying efforts in Washington DC. A priority of the Wranglers
has been communicating the need for a strong and viable
strategic nuclear deterrence with the Wyoming delegation as
well as delegations from other states. We have also worked
closely with the Wyoming National Guard to assist in both
infrastructure needs and important state legislation.
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