THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, June 24, 1995 TAG: 9506240382
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
LENGTH: Long : 356 lines
Recommendations by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission:
NAVY
Guam Installations
REALIGN Naval Activities, Guam. Results in likely transfer of most ships and support personnel to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Limited number of Navy units remain on Guam.
CLOSE Naval Air Station, Guam. Shifts remaining units to other Navy sites.
CLOSE Ship Repair Facility, Guam. A few activities, such as floating dry dock, typhoon anchorage and floating crane remain.
CLOSE Fleet Industrial Supply Center Guam. Keep fuel storage and transfer assets.
REALIGN Public Works Center, Guam. Becomes a detachment of Public Works Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; housing assets liquidated.
Naval Reserve Air Stations
CLOSE Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Mass. Shift aircraft to Brunswick, Maine.
KEEP OPEN Naval Air Station Atlanta.
REALIGN Naval Air Station Detroit. Move changes the receiving site for the Detroit base that had been specified in the 1993 base closure round from Twin Cities, Minn., to Selfridge, Mich.
Naval Training Air Stations
KEEP OPEN Naval Air Station, Meridian, Miss.
KEEP OPEN Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. Commission eliminated a provision that would have required training units to move to air stations in Florida and, instead, gives the Navy its choice of whether or not to move them.
Operational Air Stations
CLOSE Marine Corps Air Stations, El Toro and Tustin, Calif. Move changes a 1993 closure decision to change the receiving sites for units at the air stations. The new receiving sites will include air stations Oceana, Va.; North Island, Calif.; Fallon, Nev.; New River, N.C.; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; and Miramar, Calif.
CLOSE Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif. Action changes a 1993 closure decision by redirecting assets at the air station to the Naval Air Facility, Corpus Christi, Texas; Mine Warfare Center of Excellence, Naval Station, Ingleside, Texas; and other locations.
CLOSE Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Fla. Shifts transfer of units ordered in previous closure round to Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.; Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C.; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.; and Naval Air Station Atlanta.
CLOSE Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska.
REALIGN Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., to become a Naval Air Facility in order to maintain access to training ranges; dispose of all property not needed.
REALIGN Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii. Changes a previous closure decision to keep commissary facilities, public works compound, landfill and recreational beach areas.
Training Centers
CLOSE Navy Nuclear Power Propulsion School, Orlando, Fla. This decision changes the receiving site for the school from Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., to Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, S.C.
KEEP OPEN Naval Technical Training Center, Meridian, Miss.
CLOSE Naval Training Centers, Orlando, Fla., and San Diego. Amends a 1993 closure decision to give the Navy flexibility in the location of the Service School Command.
Naval Shipyards/Supervisors of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair
CLOSE Naval Shipyard Long Beach, Calif.
KEEP OPEN Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Maine.
CLOSE Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia. Closes dry docks in support of community reuse of the overall facility, which was closed in 1991.
REALIGN Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, Wash. Moves ships' combat systems refurbishment depot, maintenance and industrial workload to Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Bremerton, Wash.
CLOSE Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Long Beach, Calif. Action closes a 19-person function attached to the Long Beach shipyard.
KEEP OPEN Supervisors of Shipbuilding, San Francisco.
Fleet Industrial Supply Centers
NO DECISION Fleet Industrial Supply Center Oakland, Calif.
CLOSE Fleet Industrial Supply Center, Charleston, S.C.
Technical Centers
CLOSE Naval Personnel Research and Development Center, San Diego. Move relocates functions to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Memphis, Tenn., and Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla.
KEEP OPEN Naval Health Research Center, San Diego.
KEEP OPEN Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va.
KEEP OPEN Naval Warfare Assessment Division, Corona, Calif.
CLOSE Naval Surface Warfare Center White Oak, Md. Functions to be relocated to Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock, Md., and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va.
CLOSE Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, Md. Relocate some functions to other Navy facilities in Pennsylvania, Washington and Maryland.
CLOSE Naval Air Technical Services Facility, Philadelphia. Some functions move to Naval Aviation Depot, North Island, Calif.
CLOSE Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit, Philadelphia. Some functions move to Naval Aviation Depot, North Island, Calif.
CLOSE Naval Management Systems Support Office, Chesapeake, Va. Some functions move to Norfolk.
CLOSE Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center In-Service Engineering West Coast Division, San Diego. Some functions move to Navy facilities in Point Loma, Calif.
Administrative Activities
REALIGN Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Arlington, Va. Some functions move to San Diego. Some functions remain in Washington, D.C., area.
REALIGN Naval Systems Command, Arlington, Va. Changes a 1993 base closure decision by relocating functions to the Washington Navy Yard and other locations in the Washington area.
REALIGN Naval Information Systems Management Center, Arlington, Va. Moves center from leased space in Virginia to the Washington Navy Yard.
REALIGN Naval Recruiting Command, Washington, D.C. Changes a 1993 base closure decision by relocating functions to Naval Support Activity, Memphis, Tenn.
REALIGN Naval Recruiting District, San Diego. Changes a 1993 base closure decision by relocating functions to a more preferable location in San Diego.
REALIGN Naval Security Group Command Detachment Potomac, Washington, D.C. Changes a 1993 base closure decision by relocating functions to Naval Research Laboratory, Washington.
Reserve Activities
CLOSE Naval Reserve Center, Huntsville, Ala.
CLOSE NRC Pomona, Calif.
CLOSE NRC Santa Ana, Calif.
CLOSE NRC Stockton, Calif.
CLOSE NRC Cadillac, Mich.
CLOSE NRC State Island, N.Y.
CLOSE NRC Laredo, Texas.
CLOSE NRC Sheboygan, Wis.
CLOSE Naval Air Reserve Center Olathe, Kan.
CLOSE Region 7, Naval Reserve Readiness Command, Charleston, S.C.
CLOSE Region 10, Naval Reserve Readiness Command, New Orleans.
Engineering Field Activities
KEEP OPEN Engineering Field Activity West, San Bruno, Calif.
Naval Aviation Depots
CLOSE Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola, Fla.
AIR FORCE
Missiles-Large Aircraft
REALIGN Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The 321st Missile Group will become inactive and Minuteman III missiles will relocate to Malmstrom AFB, Mont. A small number of silo launchers will be retained at Grand Forks if required. The 319th Air Refueling Wing remains in place along with associated housing, hospital, commissary, base exchange.
REALIGN Malmstrom AFB, Mont. The 43rd Air Refueling Group and its KC-135 aircraft will relocate to MacDill AFB, Fla. All fixed-wing aircraft operations will cease and airfield will be closed. A small helicopter field area will remain to support the 341st Missile Wing.
KEEP OPEN MacDill AFB, Fla.
Undergraduate Pilot Training
CLOSE Reese Air Force Base, Texas.
KEEP OPEN Columbus AFB, Miss.
KEEP OPEN Laughlin AFB, Texas.
KEEP OPEN Vance AFB, Okla.
Satellite Control
REALIGN Onizuka AFB, Calif. Some functions move to Falcon AFB, Colo.
CLOSE Lowry AFB, Colo. Deactivate the 1001st Space Squadron. Some functions relocate to Peterson AFB, Colo.
Air Force Reserve F-16
CLOSE Bergstrom Air Reserve Base, Texas.
KEEP OPEN Carswell ARB, Texas.
KEEP OPEN Homestead ARB, Fla.
REALIGN Homestead ARB, 301st Air Rescue Squadron, Fla., to Patrick AFB, Fla.
REALIGN Homestead ARB, 726th Air Control Squadron, Fla., to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Air Force Reserve C-130
KEEP OPEN Greater Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, including the 911th Airlift Wing and its C-130 aircraft.
KEEP OPEN Gen. Mitchell International Airport ARS, Wis.
KEEP OPEN Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport ARS, Minn.
KEEP OPEN Niagara Falls International Airport ARS, N.Y.
CLOSE O'Hare International Airport ARS, Ill., subject to conditions regarding obligations of the Chicago, which is trying to acquire the property.
KEEP OPEN Youngstown-Warren ARS, Ohio.
Air National Guard
KEEP OPEN Moffett Federal Airfield Air Guard Station, Calif.
KEEP OPEN North Highlands AGS, Calif.
CLOSE Ontario AGS, Calif.
CLOSE Roslyn AGS, N.Y., subject to sale of land.
KEEP OPEN Springfield-Beckley AGS, Ohio.
Redirects
CLOSE Griffiss AFB, airfield, N.Y., move function to Fort Drum airfield, N.Y.
KEEP OPEN Griffiss AFB, 485th Engineering Installations Group, N.Y.
CROSS-SERVICE FACILITIES
Air Force Laboratories and Product Centers
KEEP OPEN Rome Laboratory, Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y.
KEEP OPEN Kirtland Air Force Base laboratory, N.M.
KEEP OPEN Brooks Air Force Base laboratory, Texas.
Air Force Depots
KEEP OPEN Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
CLOSE maintenance depot at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas; airfield and support activities as well as Air Intelligence Agency, 433rd Airlift Wing, 149th Fighter Wing-Air National Guard, and the 1827th Engineering Installation Squadron go to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
CLOSE McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.; a ground communications group moves to Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.
KEEP OPEN Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
KEEP OPEN Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
Army Depots
REALIGN Red River Army Depot, Texas, by sending some of its maintenance work to other depots but keeping its Bradley Fighting Vehicle line intact, thus retaining about 70 percent of the work force. A Defense Logistics Agency operation - essentially a military supply depot - would remain and possibly gain work from other bases. Red River was to have been closed entirely.
CLOSE most of the Letterkenny Army Depot, Pa., leaving behind a tactical missile disassembly and storage unit and a conventional ammunition storage unit; two weapons units would be transferred to Anniston Army Depot, Ala.
KEEP OPEN Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.
Navy Depots/Warfare Centers
CLOSE Naval Surface Warfare Center, Louisville, Ky. Functions at the base could be privatized on site or moved to other locations including: Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va.; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.; and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind.
CLOSE Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis, Ind. Functions at the base could be privatized on site or moved to other locations including: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind.; Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland; and Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif.
KEEP OPEN Naval Air Warfare Center, Lake-hurst, N.J.
Air Force Installations
REALIGN Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., by relocating electronic combat threat simulator to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Other functions remain.
CLOSE Analyzer Processor Activity, Buffalo, N.Y.
KEEP OPEN Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation System, Fort Worth, Texas.
CLOSE Hill Air Force Base, Utah, test and training range.
KEEP OPEN Williams Air Force Base, Mesa, Ariz.; Armstrong Laboratory Aircrew Training Research Facility.
Navy Technical Centers
KEEP OPEN Naval Air Warfare Center, Point Mugu, Calif.
CLOSE Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, Pa.
CLOSE Naval Command and Control Ocean Surveillance Center, Warminster, Pa. Most functions move to naval center at San Diego, and Naval Oceanographic Office, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
CLOSE Naval Air Warfare Center, Oreland, Pa.
CLOSE Naval Undersea Warfare Center, New London, Conn. Most functions move to Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, R.I.
CLOSE Naval Biodynamics Laboratory, New Orleans. Some functions move to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, and Naval Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Pensacola, Fla.
CLOSE Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Md.; some functions would move to Walter Reed Army Institute for Research at Forest Glen, Md.
CLOSE Naval Research Lab, Underwater Sound Reference, Orlando, Fla. Some functions move to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, R.I.
CLOSE Naval Command and Ocean Surveillance Center, Norfolk, Va.
Army Installations
KEEP OPEN Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
IV. ARMY
Major Training Areas
REALIGN Fort Dix, N.J. Replaces active component garrison with a U.S. Army Reserve garrison. Retains minimum essential ranges, facilities and training areas.
REALIGN Fort Greely, Alaska. Move Cold Region Test Activity and Northern Warfare Training Center to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Fort Greely would continue to be used for some exercises. Completion of the move would be delayed to July 2001 to mitigate community impact.
REALIGN Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. Move test center to Fort Bliss, Texas; eliminate active component mission; retain reserve training facilities.
CLOSE Fort Pickett, Va.
CLOSE Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.
CLOSE Fort Chafee, Ark.
Training Schools
CLOSE Fort McClellan, Ala. The fort's Chemical Defense Training Facility, Army Chemical School and other activities would move to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., but only after all necessary permits were obtained and the Missouri installation was capable of handling the mission.
REALIGN Fort Lee, Va. Reduces Kenner Army Community Hospital to a clinic; eliminates inpatient services.
Command, Control and Administration
REALIGN Fort Meade, Md. Reduces Kimbrough Army Community Hospital to a clinic; eliminates inpatient services.
CLOSE Fort Ritchie, Md. Fort retains a National Guard enclave. Other units move to Fort Detrick, Md., and Fort Huachucha, Az.
KEEP OPEN Army Garrison, Selfridge, Mich.
KEEP OPEN Price Support Center, Ill.
REALIGN Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. Dispose of family housing; retain garrison sufficient for mobilization; retain reserve components.
REALIGN Kelly Support Center, Pa. Consolidates Army Reserve units into three of their five parcels; dispose of remaining two parcels.
KEEP OPEN Fort Hamilton, New York City. Move would also keep Army Reserve Units at Caven Point, N.J.
CLOSE Fort Totten, New York City. Retain an enclave for Army Reserve.
Commodity Installations
REALIGN Detroit Arsenal, Mich. Move closes the Detroit Army Tank Plant.
REALIGN Fort Detrick, Md. Move means that environmental and toxicology lab remains contrary to 1991 base closure decision.
Ammunition Storage
CLOSE Seneca Army Depot, N.Y.
CLOSE Savanna Army Depot Activity, Ill.
REALIGN Sierra Army Calif. Retains a conventional ammunition demilitarization capability.
Industrial Facilities
CLOSE Stratford Army Engine Plant, Conn.
CLOSE Detroit Army Tank Plant, Mich.
Ports
CLOSE Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, N.J.
CLOSE Oakland Army Base, Calif.
Medical Centers
CLOSE Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colo.
Leases
CLOSE Aviation Troop Command, Mo. Functions relocated to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.; Natick Research and Development Engineering Center, Natick, Mass.; Fort Monmouth, N.J., and Detroit Arsenal, Mich.
CLOSE Concepts Analysis Agency, Md. Relocate to Fort Belvoir, Va.
CLOSE Information Systems Software Command, Va. Relocate to Fort Meade, Md.
KEEP OPEN Space & Strategic Defense Command, Ala.
Minor Facilities
CLOSE Baltimore Publications Distribution Center, Md. Move to a facility in St. Louis.
CLOSE Bellmore Logistics Activity, N.Y.
CLOSE Big Coppett Key, Fla.
CLOSE Camp Bonneville, Wash.
CLOSE Camp Kilmer, N.J. Retain an enclave for Army Reserve activities.
CLOSE Camp Pedricktown, N.J. Retain an enclave for Army Reserve activities.
KEEP OPEN Caven Point U.S. Army Reserve Center, N.J.
CLOSE East Fort Baker, Calif.
CLOSE Fort Missoula, Mont. Retain an enclave for Army Reserve activities.
CLOSE Hingham Cohasset, Mass.
CLOSE Recreation Center 2, Fayetteville, N.C.
CLOSE Rio Vista U.S. Army Reserve Center, Calif.
CLOSE Sudbury Training Annex, Mass.
CLOSE Branch U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Lompoc, Calif.
KEEP OPEN Valley Grove U.S. Army Reserve Center, W.Va.
Defense Logistics Agency - Stand Alone
Distribution Depots
REALIGN Defense Distribution Depot Columbus, Ohio. Facility will become a war reserve material storage site.
CLOSE DDD Memphis, Tenn.
CLOSE DDD Ogden, Utah.
Defense Logistics Agency - Inventory Control Points
CLOSE Defense Industrial Supply Center, Philadelphia. New inventory control point for management of troop and general support items would be created at the Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia. Two other inventory control points for weapons-related supply would be created at the Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, and the Defense General Supply Center, Richmond.
Defense Logistics Agency - Command and Control
CLOSE Defense Contract Management District South, Marietta, Ga. Relocate functions to DCMD Northeast, Boston, and DCMD West, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Calif.
REALIGN DCMD West, El Segundo, Calif. Relocates activity to Naval Shipyard Long Beach or other available property in the port of Long Beach.
REALIGN Defense Contract Management Command International, Dayton, Ohio. Move function to Defense Contract Management Command Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Defense Investigative Service
REALIGN Investigations Control & Automation Directorate, Fort Holabird, Md. Facility would move to Fort Meade, Md.
Army
CLOSE Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Md.
KEYWORDS: BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE COMMISSION MILITARY BASE by CNB