Closing of US Bases

[Dare]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005051310090001013753&dt=20050513100900&w=APO&coview=

List of Proposed Military Base Closings


A list obtained by The Associated Press of military facilities the Defense Department recommended for closure Friday:

Alabama:

Abbott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuskegee

Anderson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Troy

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mobile

BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center, Montgomery

Fort Ganey Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mobile

Fort Hanna Army National Guard Reserve Center, Birmingham

Gary U.S. Army Reserve Center, Enterprise

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Montgomery

Navy Reserve Center, Tuscaloosa

The Adjutant General Bldg, AL Army National Guard, Montgomery

Wright U.S. Army Reserve Center

Alaska:

Kulis Air Guard Station

Arizona:

Air Force Research Lab, Mesa

Allen Hall Armed Forces Reserve Center, Tucson

Arkansas:

El Dorado Armed Forces Reserve Center

Stone U.S. Army Reserve Center, Pine Bluff

California:

Armed Forces Reserve Center Bell

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Oakland

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Bernardino

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Diego

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Seaside

Naval Support Activity Corona

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Encino

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Los Angeles

Onizuka Air Force Station

Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

Connecticut:

Sgt. Libby U.S. Army Reserve Center, New Haven

Submarine Base New London

Turner U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fairfield

U.S. Army Reserve Center Maintenance Support Facility, Middletown

Delaware:

Kirkwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Newark

Florida:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Orlando

Navy Reserve Center, St. Petersburg

Georgia:

Fort Gillem

Fort McPherson

Inspector/Instructor, Rome

Naval Air Station Atlanta

Naval Supply Corps School, Athens

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Columbus

Hawaii:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Honokaa

Idaho:

Navy Reserve Center, Pocatello

Illinois:

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Carbondale

Navy Reserve Center, Forest Park

Indiana:

Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Bunker Hill

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Indianapolis

Navy Reserve Center, Evansville

Newport Chemical Depot

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lafayette

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Seston

Iowa:

Navy Reserve Center, Cedar Rapids

Navy Reserve Center, Sioux City

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Dubuque

Kansas:

Kansas Army Ammunition Plant

Kentucky:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Paducah

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Lexington

Navy Reserve Center, Lexington

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Louisville

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Maysville

Louisiana:

Baton Rouge Army National Guard Reserve Center

Naval Support Activity, New Orleans

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge

Roberts U.S. Army Reserve Center, Baton Rouge

Maine:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Limestone

Naval Reserve Center, Bangor

Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

Maryland:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Patuxent River

Navy Reserve Center, Adelphi

Pfc. Flair U.S. Army Reserve Center, Frederick

Massachusetts:

Malony U.S. Army Reserve Center

Otis Air Guard Base

Westover U.S. Army Reserve Center, Citopee

Michigan:

Navy Reserve Center Marquette

Parisan U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lansing

Selfridge Army Activity

W.K. Kellogg Airport Air Guard Station

Minnesota:

Navy Reserve Center Duluth

Mississippi:

Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant

Naval Station, Pascagoula

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Vicksburg

Missouri:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Jefferson Barracks

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Kansas City

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, St. Louis

Marine Corps Support Center, Kansas City

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Kansas

Navy Reserve Center, Cape Girardeau

Montana:

Galt Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center, Great Falls

Nebraska:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Columbus

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Grand Island

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Kearny

Naval Recruiting District Headquarters, Omaha

Navy Reserve Center, Lincoln

Nevada:

Hawthorne Army Depot

New Hampshire:

Doble U.S. Army Reserve Center, Portsmouth

Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

New Jersey:

Fort Monmouth

Inspector/Instructor Center, West Trenton

Kilmer U.S. Army Reserve Center, Edison

New Mexico:

Cannon Air Force Base

Jenkins Armed Forces Reserve Center, Albuquerque

New York:

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Amityville

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Niagra Falls

Carpenter U.S. Army Reserve Center, Poughkeepsie

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Buffalo

Navy Reserve Center Glenn Falls

Navy Reserve Center Horsehead

Navy Reserve Center Watertown

Niagra Falls International Airport Air Guard Station

North Carolina:

Navy Reserve Center, Asheville

Niven U.S. Army Reserve Center, Albermarle

Ohio:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mansfield

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Westerville

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dayton

Mansfield Lahm Municipal Airport Air Guard Station

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Akron

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Cleveland

Parrott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Kenton

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Whitehall

Oklahoma:

Armed Forces Reserve Center Broken Arrow

Armed Forces Reserve Center Muskogee

Army National Guard Reserve Center Tishomingo

Krowse U.S. Army Reserve Center, Oklahoma City

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tulsa

Oklahoma City (95th)

Pennsylvania:

Bristol

Engineering Field Activity Northeast

Kelly Support Center

Naval Air Station Willow Grove

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Reading

North Penn U.S. Army Reserve Center, Morristown

Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station

Serrenti U.S. Army Reserve Center, Scranton

U.S. Army Reserve Center Bloomsburg

U.S. Army Reserve Center Lewisburg

U.S. Army Reserve Center Williamsport

W. Reese U.S. Army Reserve Center/OMS, Chester

Puerto Rico:

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Humacao

Lavergne U.S. Army Reserve Center, Bayamon

Rhode Island:

Harwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Providence

USARC Bristol

South Carolina:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Charleston

South Naval Facilities Engineering Command

South Dakota:

Ellsworth Air Force Base

Tennessee:

U.S. Army Reserve Area Maintenance Support Facility, Kingsport

Texas:

Army National Guard Reserve Center No. 2, Dallas

Army National Guard Reserve Center (Hondo Pass), El Paso

Army National Guard Reserve Center, California Crossing

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Ellington

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Lufkin

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Marshall

Army National Guard Reserve Center, New Braunfels

Brooks City Base

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Antonio

Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant

Naval Station, Ingleside

Navy Reserve Center, Lubbock

Navy Reserve Center, Orange

Red River Army Depot

U.S. Army Reserve Center No. 2, Houston

Utah:

Deseret Chemical Depot

Virginia:

Fort Moore

Washington:

1LT Richard H. Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Everett

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tacoma

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Lawton

Vancouver Barracks

West Virginia:

Bias U.S. Army Reserve Center, Huntington

Fairmont U.S. Army Reserve Center

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Moundsville

Wisconsin:

Gen. Mitchell International Airport ARS

Navy Reserve Center, La Crosse

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Madison

Olson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Madison

U.S. Army Reserve Center, O'Connell

Wyoming:

Army Aviation Support Facility, Cheyenne

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Thermopolis

Wow!!

 

[swanita]

Damn!! That's a lot of closures. I didn't click on the link but did it explain the reason for the closures?

There's more in one state than probably 3 provinces or more!

 

[pjocsak]

Well, according to the article below, it's a cash issue primarily, although a few other issues are mentioned. Big Surprise.
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DoD BRAC Recommendations Expected to Save Nearly $50 Billion
In-Depth Coverage
 
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the department's recommendations to close or realign military facilities in the United States will better position U.S. forces to confront this century's threats.  The recommendation, if fully implemented, will generate an estimated net savings of nearly $50 billion over the next two decades.  When combined with the anticipated savings from overseas basing realignments around the world, the projected net savings increases to $64.2 billion.

â Å“Our current arrangements, designed for the Cold War, must give way to the new demands of the war against extremism and other evolving 21st Century challenges,â ? Rumsfeld said.

The department's BRAC recommendations, if adopted, would close 33 major bases and realign 29 more.

The BRAC recommendations were developed in a process that began in 2001, with the initiation of a review of how U.S. forces were arrayed overseas.  Prospective changes to the department's global posture were fed into the analysis and recommendations.  As a result, forces coming home will return to installations better arrayed to train and deploy for possible contingencies around the world.

The department's BRAC recommendations were developed by the military services and seven joint cross-service groups in consultation with the combatant commanders.  Each recommendation was created under the procedures established in the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended.  The BRAC analysis started with the 20-Year Force Structure Plan and the department's inventory of facilities, and then applied BRAC selection criteria that had been published early in 2004.

These criteria give paramount importance to an installation's military value.  Other considerations included costs of potential savings, and economic and environmental impacts of potential changes.  The BRAC analysis used data that was certified accurate in a process monitored by the Government Accountability Office and the department's inspection and audit agencies.

The department's BRAC recommendations are intended to:

·    Enhance the military's ability to meet contingency surge or mobilization requirements;

·    Retain those installations that have unique capabilities that would be difficult to reconstitute at other locations;

·    Consolidate similar or duplicative training and support functions to improve joint war fighting;   

·    Transform important support functions â “ including logistics, medicine and research and development â “ by capitalizing on advances in    technology and business practice.

The department's recommendations will now be reviewed by the BRAC Commission, which will seek comments from the potentially affected communities.  As it has in the past four BRAC rounds, the department will assist affected communities in a variety of ways.  Department of Defense programs include personnel transition and job training assistance, local reuse planning grants, and streamlined property disposal.  The department will join with other federal agencies to offer additional assistance to affected communities.

Once the commission has completed its review, it will present its recommendations to the President.  The President must approve and submit the commission's recommendations to the Congress for review and appropriate action.  The entire process is expected to be completed by the end of 2005.

The full BRAC recommendations, additional information regarding community assistance and other details, may be found online at http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/ .

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/05/mil-050513-dod01.htm
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A quick look at the list has them shutting down a lot of Reserve and National Guard facilities, many of them located in major urban areas. In particular, I noted that some of them (the ones that I'm familiar with from up-state NY) are the only such facilities in the area. I wonder how this is going to impact Reserve and National Guard recruitment. The US is already having trouble recruiting and retaining reservists as a result of OIF and the like, I suspect the reduced community footprint that this round of closures will result in might make the current situation a lot worse. I guess only time will tell.

P

 

[Kunu]

I almost cry whenever I browse www.globalsecurity.org and compare it to what we have here. :crybaby:

And it's not just the US either.

 

[Infanteer]

Well, they have to get money for the F-22 from somewhere....

 

[Hedgehog18]

The only bad thing is that all the nations long ranger B-1B fleet  are going to be stuck in one base in Texas now i am not really up to  date on reaction time but is that not a lil risky ... quiet convenient that Texas and Florida are being saved  ???

 

[tomahawk6]

Eilson AFB, Alaska is losing most of its active duty personnel and aircraft. Elmendorf AFB is losing all but 18 of its F-15's. The Armor School is moving to Ft Benning from Ft Knox. This will create the Manuever Warfare Center. Congress has to approve the list which may be difficult to do. The Sub School is the biggest closure and is sure to hit Connecticut hard.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I am a bit surprised the NPGS in Monterey didn't get the axe. I was down there last week, and everyone was speculating almost as a matter of certainty the school would close. The local council even had started to make plans to turn it into a civi university. 

 

[Maine_Finn]

Portsmouth would lose 4,510 jobs ­ including 201 active-duty military personnel ­ more than half of which are held by Mainers. Brunswick would lose 2,317 military jobs and 61 civilian jobs; nearly half the active duty military personnel at that base ­and its mission would be changed...

I was surprised to a degree to see that Portsmouth wound up on the chopping block. Its loss will hammer both Maine and New Hampshire. BNAS won't be the same either.

Nationally, Maine and Connecticut account for nearly 60 percent of the total job losses.

It's really too bad.

 

[George Wallace]

Maine gets hit hard everytime there is a major round of Base Closures.  There was that big SAC Base (Loring, I believe) that was closed in the Eighties, and smaller installations around Bangor.

 

[Maine_Finn]

Maine gets hit hard everytime there is a major round of Base Closures.   There was that big SAC Base (Loring, I believe) that was closed in the Eighties, and smaller installations around Bangor.

Yeah, Loring AFB was closed and the city of Limestone pretty much dried up. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service that's housed at Loring got the axe in this round as well.

The only gain Maine gets is the Air National Guard Station at BIA. 240 jobs are going there.