What ever happened to Bush saying he wanted to close foreign military bases? Why not start overseas first?
Some of you don't seem have no clue about the military and the bases being cut. They have already started to close military bases overseas and bring home troops -- some bases are being closed in western Europe and moved to more friendly countries and a lot will be without dependents as the military deploys for six months at a time instead of a couple of years with dependents. Munich has taken a huge hit with most of the Army either pulled out or will be pulled out.
These 33 major bases being cut are somewhat a misnomer unless you work there. A major base being cut would be Scott AFB, Tinker AFB, Jacksonville NAS, or Fort Campbell as examples. The bases being cut are for the most part smaller bases and are being consolidated into larger bases to save money and time it takes to get people deployed around the world in a short time.
Tinker AFB has the Navy here because the Navy E-6 platform and AWACS are the same which is what they are attempting to do with other weapons systems -- match everything they can with the service consolidation.
Air Force lost more major bases in previous rounds then this one as they were hit hard in the last BRAC.