BRAC List - Just off the Press - (base closings: Army, Navy, Air Force; Marine)

Private Email | MAY 12, 2005 | LONNIE SCHOULTZ

[CHARLITE]

Army bases currently proposed for closure or realignment in 2005 include:

Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
Fort McPherson/Gillem, Georgia
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Fort Monroe, Virginia
Fort Polk, Louisiana (to realign)
Fort Richardson, Alaska
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Lima Army Tank Plant, Ohio
Natick Soldier Center, Massachusetts
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois
Sierra Army Depot, California
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
===================================================== Air Force base closures and realignments include:

Altus AFB, Oklahoma
Beale AFB, California
Brooks AFB, Texas
Cannon AFB, New Mexico
Columbus AFB, Mississippi
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
Goodfellow AFB, Texas
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Los Angeles AFB, California
McConnell AFB, Kansas
Nellis AFB, Nevada (to realign)
Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina (to realign)
Shaw AFB, South Carolina
Vance AFB, Oklahoma

The Air Force will lose 2,260 military and 2,839 civilian manpower positions, and 1,055 reserve drill authorizations next year, according to the 2004 force-structure announcement released July 23. Many bases, both active duty and reserve component, are affected by the realignment. In many cases, units will gain aircraft and missions, while others will pare down.

Besides manpower reductions, the realignment formally announces the >retirement of the C-9A Nightingale and KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft.

According to Air Force officials, the 20 C-9s are being retired because of reduced-patient movement, range limitations and increasing maintenance and upgrade costs. The aeromedical-evacuation mission will become a requirements-based system using all passenger-capable aircraft.

The service will retire 44 of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command's 43-year-old KC-135Es next year, replacing them with 24 KC-135Rs from the active-duty fleet. By the end of fiscal 2006, the Air Force will have retired 68 of the KC-135Es.
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Naval base closures and realignments include:

Ingleside Naval Station, Texas
Naval Postgraduate School, California
Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi
Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New Jersey
Naval Recreation Station Solomons Island,
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, Indiana
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Virginia
Navy Supply Corps School, Georgia
New Orleans Naval Support Activity, Louisiana
Pascagoula Naval Station, Mississippi
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire
Saratoga Springs Naval Support Unit, New York
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Marine base closures and realignments include:

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California (realignment)
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California
Marine Corps Mountain Warfare School, Califirnia
Marine Reserve Support Unit, Kansas City
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California (realign or close)

[Not A Snowbird]

Miramar's on the list? How incredibly stupid.

[Txsleuth]

Dang---I count 4 closures for Texas and ONLY l for NEW YORK-what is up with that!

California got hit hard also--

jeez, what does Clinton and Schumer have on this Administration? or does New York not have many military bases?

[BoBToMatoE]

Beale and Kirtland AFBs? Those are very important are they not? Wow.

And Closing down San Diego? Um, Isnt that were the bulk of our Marines graduate from? My understanding is that you only go to Paris Island if you signed up from the original 13 states.

Wow, oh wow, this does not look good.

[skinkinthegrass]

THANKS...people in/@ Fort Knox, Ky., will be relieved.

[Txsleuth]

Only 1 in Pennsylvania, also..

[BoBToMatoE]

Forgot to add the Redstone Arsenal. That is part of the Marshal flight center/ where NASA is located.

For what ever reason, these rounds of base closings look to hurt us.

Why are we closing these bases down again?

[iso]

Closure Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ?

Oh my god

[AndrewC]

Ellsworth. I guess we'll get more Bombers here, unless they meant to realign at Ellsworth. Of course this list could be completely B.S.

[Unknown Freeper]

For later discussion

[LPM1888]

Kirtland will come off the list.

[BoBToMatoE]

I really hate to say this, but I hope we find a way to fight a few of these base closings. I am sure that some are needed - but some of the bases scheduled to close - i am just dumb founded.

Then again, I am dumb founded to hear that some people want to replace the M-1A1/2 with nothing more than a Striker with a big gun on top.

[John Jorsett]

Miramar's on the list? How incredibly stupid.

Maybe San Diego will finally find a place for that new airport it's been "studying" for the past 30 years.

[skinkinthegrass]

..but, I must admit, the ChiCOMS, can/will change everything REAL QUICK...and these base closing take time.

[MikefromOhio]

thank God Wright Patterson is not on that list....

I just bought a house....

was there anything about DOD bases, like DLA or Columbus or anything like that?

[John Jorsett]

What the heck will substitute for the Naval Postgrad School in Monterey?

[markman46]

Miramar and MCRD that is really dumb

[concentric circles]

Frankly, there are no surprise here. Every one of these bases has been in the cross hairs for some time and, in spite of protestations, good arguments have long been made for this action in each and every case.

[JoeyV]

I hope they're keeping Area 51 open. I mean, geeze, what would they do with the aliens if they closed it?

[iso]

Close Lima Army Tank Plant, Ohio

Then Army how can take more MIA2s and M2s ?