[GOP_Proud]

Thanks for the update.

[Vision Thing]

The Navy Broadway Complex in San Diego . . .

That's prime real estate, baby! Some real estate developer is gonna make a killing after this property converts to private use.

[righttackle44]

Glad to see MCRD San Diego was spared. Idiot base-closure commission members were stupid to even consider it. Many or most Marines come from middle class families. Many Marine families from the western United States would simply not be able to afford to travel to Parris Island to attend Marine graduation--a very important event in the life of the Marine. When we went to MCRD San Diego for my son's graduation, I cannot tell you number of Marines who parents and families could not attend because they were from the midwest, west of the Mississippi River. While there were no crybabies, my wife spent some time hugging new Marines whose moms were not there. Same when our son came home from Iraq. We live in Phoenix, so we were able to attend the homecoming at Camp Pendleton. Lot of moms weren't there. My wife hugged a lot of the Marines to stand in for them. Lot of other moms were doing the same thing.

Idiot base-closing commissions.

(I have not served. My tagline honors my son and my cousin.)

[hattend]

The commission was slated to vote on whether to add to list for possible closure: Moody Air Force Base in Georgia; the Naval Master Jet Base Oceana in Virginia; and the Galena Airport Forward Operating Location in Alaska.

Well, I have to make it to June or July of next year to qualify for my early retirement so I hope the normal Government inertia kicks in and it takes a while to implement this BRAC crap if Galena is added to the list.

[Tripoli]

Happy to see MCRD was spared. I "booted" there in 1952.
I'll always remember.

[MichaelP]

Area 51 lives....

Mike

[StarCMC]

The Navy Broadway Complex in San Diego and the Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine, were added to the list of facilities to be closed.

Does this affect anyone we know??

[NormsRevenge]

Union-Tribune

Marine recruits are tested at San Diego's Marine Corps Recruit Depot, which is spared the ax by the base realignment and closure commission. The Navy's Broadway headquarters complex is considered for closure.

[tob2]

Concerning closing NAS Oceana, it doesn't make sense strategically or economically to close it. It makes sense to have the jets near where the carriers are. Oceana is a few miles, as the crow flies, from the Naval Base in Norfolk where the carriers are. In the past, other jet bases have been closed, sending planes and personnel to Oceana. It has been estimated that closing Oceana and cleaning it up will cost over $1 billion. Building a new master jet base would cost many billions. It seems to me the cost of closing a base and moving it costs many, many billions and wrecks the economy in the surrounding area of the closed base.

In addition, I don't think BRAC realizes the folly of putting all your eggs in one basket.

Our mayor, our governor and Senator John Warner are very, very upset about this and I sincerely hope they can influence BRAC to keep Oceana open. I hope the folks up in Connecticut can influence BRAAC to keep Groton open. Closing the sub base makes no sense strategically or economically either.