Metropolitan Community College is seeking to take over the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center adjacent to its Fort Omaha campus for future expansion, a move that would effectively end a 155-year military presence at the historic site in north Omaha.

A provision in the federal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, passed late last year, authorizes a “no-cost land exchange” of the Marine base to MCC. U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., inserted the provision at the request of college administrators.