Tennessee Department Of Military

Tennessee National Guard, operating as a division of the Tennessee Department of Military, is a U.S. state government entity that receives federal grant funding for military construction, facility operations and maintenance, security operations, environmental management, training systems, and command-and-control infrastructure supporting Army and Air National Guard installations across Tennessee. All 240 recent federal awards are prime cooperative agreements under the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401) and the Military Construction, National Guard program (CFDA 12.400), with no contract or sub-award activity.

The recipient's customer base is concentrated within the Department of Defense and its components. The Department of the Army's Tennessee Army National Guard accounts for 95 awards, the Department of the Air Force's Air National Guard accounts for 65 awards, and the Department of the Army's National Guard component accounts for 61 awards; these three entities represent 99% of recent awards. Additional task orders flow from the Department of the Air Force (12 awards) and the Department of the Army (5 awards). The combined obligated dollars across all 240 awards total $1.27 billion, with recent award activity showing 17 awards in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 through September.

Capability work spans facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization; operations and maintenance of Army National Guard and Air National Guard installations statewide; environmental management and compliance; security operations and electronic security systems; fire protection; training support systems and distributed learning infrastructure; command, control, communications, computers, and information management (C4IM); antiterrorism and emergency management; and family support services. Recent representative awards include a $55.406 million cooperative agreement for Army and Air National Guard facilities operations and maintenance across multiple locations including Smyrna, Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, and McGhee-Tyson in Louisville (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026); a $10.156 million cooperative agreement for Air National Guard facilities operations and maintenance at the 118th Wing in Nashville, the 134th Air Refueling Wing in Louisville, and the 164th Airlift Wing in Memphis (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026); a $3.109 million cooperative agreement for fire protection activities at Air National Guard installations at McGhee-Tyson and Memphis (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026); and a $1.341 million cooperative agreement for military construction alterations and additions to the Lebanon Readiness Center in Lebanon, Tennessee (September 1, 2026, through September 30, 2035). All awards are congressionally directed, non-discretionary cooperative agreements; only state governors may apply on behalf of their respective National Guard entities.

The National Guard O&M Projects program is a recurring annual appropriation. The source indicates the Tennessee National Guard has demonstrated extensive experience managing federal O&M cooperative agreements, with recent awards totaling over $20 million across approximately 15 distinct projects prior to the October 2025 funding round. Only two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Work is performed at multiple locations statewide, with administrative oversight at Major General Hugh B. Mott Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville.