Army expands high-speed barracks Wi-Fi at Fort Riley and Fort Wainwright

The Army invests in new modern Wi-Fi infrastructure and a fully managed solution built to deliver reliable, long-term performance.

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army is expanding BaseNet, a fully managed residential Wi-Fi service offered by Boldyn Networks, beyond its initial pilot locations at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The expansion will bring high-speed, fully managed Wi-Fi to all permanent party barracks at both installations through an Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

BaseNet gives Soldiers individual accounts, high-speed connectivity and access to U.S.-based support 24/7/365. The pilots launched at Fort Riley in January 2026 and Fort Wainwright in May 2026. Under the expanded service, each Soldier will receive an individual account supporting up to 10 personal devices, with speeds of up to 1 Gbps across those devices at no cost to the Soldier.

The Wi-Fi service is designed to support the ways Soldiers use connectivity every day, including online learning and training, video calls with family and friends, streaming, gaming and other digital activities.

"When it comes to improving our Soldiers' quality of life, connectivity is an obvious first step," said Command Sgt. Maj. John Adkerson, Fort Riley. "While Wi-Fi seems like a simple thing, it is their direct link to family, friends, and the support systems they need to stay resilient. We also know how critical reliable internet is today for maintaining personal and professional affairs, and we can't ask our Soldiers to be ready to deploy at a moment's notice if we don't have the infrastructure that allows them to maintain maximum readiness."

The BaseNet expansion follows strong Soldier engagement during the pilot phase. At Fort Riley, unique accounts created exceeded committed beds by 150%, and nearly 7,000 connected devices were registered during the pilot. Across the two locations, Soldiers used more than 700 terabytes of data, that's roughly the equivalent of 700,000 one-hour video calls home or more than 500 million downloads of the Army Training Manual.

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