Fort Carson will get more than 800 new troops in the coming months as the Army adds a new brigade with expertise in training foreign militaries.

The move will elevate troop numbers on Fort Carson above 25,000 – the most soldiers in Colorado Springs since the Vietnam War. It will also give the post the Army’s newest kind of unit, dubbed a security force assistance brigade – which is designed to train, advise and assist U.S. allies.

“It’s a win for national security,” said Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, who for months has lobbied Army leaders to bring the troops to Colorado Springs.

The first of the 816 soldiers in the unit and the 1,200 family members expected to accompany them will be on the way to Fort Carson as soon as this summer.

Colorado’s Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said he also leaned on the Army to get the new unit to Fort Carson.

“I’m thrilled that this is becoming a reality,” Gardner said in an email. “It further demonstrates the important role Fort Carson has for our national security and military readiness as the men and women of this brigade will contribute to missions with allied nations and partners around the world.”

It’s the latest in a string of wins for local military bases.

Last month, the Pentagon ordered the move of 150 troops to Schriever Air Force Base from California. The troops, part of the Joint Force Space Component Command, are part of the Pikes Peak region’s growing role in control of military satellite efforts.

Schriever is also home to the new National Space Defense Center, which became operational earlier this year. The center, with workers from the Air Force and intelligence agencies, devises plans to protect military satellites from enemy attack.

Peterson Air Force Base this year is getting a new 100-member Colorado National Guard satellite squadron.

The military boom, though, is not without risk. Pentagon planners are determining whether Fort Carson will get to keep its 4,000-soldier 2nd Brigade Combat Team after the unit transitions from ground-pounding infantry to tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles upon its return from Afghanistan late this year.

While insiders say the unit is expected to remain in Colorado Springs, lawmakers from Kansas and Texas have leaned heavily on the Pentagon in a bid to get the unit moved.

A final decision on 2nd Brigade’s fate is expected by the end of July.