popo
05-13-2005, 01:35 AM
Sad to se this happen.
BRAC List - Just off the Press
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>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
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>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)
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BRAC List - Just off the Press
>================================================== ==============
>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.
>================================================== ==========================
>
> 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
>================================================== ======================
>
> 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)
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