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  MILITARY BASE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Military bases usually provide housing, cleanliness facilities, and dining_halls; as well as churches, gyms, and other type of recreational facilities (such as sport_courts, schools, parks, etc).
In general, a military base provides accommodations for a unit, but it may also be used as a command_center, a training_ground, or a test_ground.
However, certain complex bases are able to endure by themselves for long periods as they are able to provide food and water for their inhabitants.
www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /military_base   (180 words)

  
 Military Bases: Cost to Maintain Inactive Ammunition Plants and Closed Bases Could Be Reduced (Letter Report, 02/20/97, ...
No trends in costs are discernable because most bases have been closed only a few years and because costs at individual bases vary widely, given their different sizes, varying infrastructure, and diverse locations.
Contractors at inactive ammunition plants and closed bases we visited were satisfying the terms outlined in their maintenance contract.
We chose these bases because they were located across the continental United States and in both urban and rural areas and were generally among the most costly.
www.fas.org /man/gao/ns97056.htm   (5092 words)

  
 ZNet | Terror War | New US Military Bases: Side Effects Or Causes Of War?
The new U.S. military bases were not merely built to aid the interventions, but the interventions also conveniently afforded an opportunity to station the bases.
The U.S. military interventions cannot all be tied to the insatiable U.S. thirst for oil (or rather for oil profits), even though many of the recent wars do have their roots in oil politics.
The new U.S. military bases, and increasing control over oil supplies, can in turn be tied to the historical shift taking place since the 1980s: the rise of European and East Asian blocs that have the potential to replace the United States and Soviet Union as the world’s economic superpowers.
www.zmag.org /content/TerrorWar/grossman_new_bases.cfm   (2415 words)

  
 Bulatlat.com
Military doctrine insists that the strategic significance of a foreign military base goes beyond the war in which it was acquired, and that planning for other potential missions using these new assets must begin almost immediately.
The current use of the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba to imprison and interrogate prisoners of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, under conditions that have generated global outrage and in the face of Cuban opposition to the war, is still another crude instance of U.S. assertion of imperial power through such bases.
The United States, as we have seen, has built a chain of military bases and staging areas around the globe, as a means of deploying air and naval forces to be used on a moment’s notice—all in the interest of maintaining its political and economic hegemony.
www.bulatlat.com /news/2-9/2-9-Bases.html   (3428 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Online - / Texas makes plan to protect military bases
The report lists the strengths of each Texas military base and calls for a more coordinated approach to positioning the bases during base closure hearings, which could resume as early as 2001.
Future viability of Texas' military installations depends on lowering costs to the bases, improving quality of life for military members and enhancing military operations in Texas, according to the report.
Officials say the goal of the report, which has drawn attention from other states with military bases, is to help the military understand the value of being in Texas and what the bases mean to Texas.
www.caller2.com /autoconv/newslocal98/newslocal405.html   (851 words)

  
 AlterNet: America's Empire of Bases
Military service today, which is voluntary, bears almost no relation to the duties of a soldier during World War II or the Korean or Vietnamese wars.
Most of these new bases will be what the military, in a switch of metaphors, calls "lily pads" to which our troops could jump like so many well-armed frogs from the homeland, our remaining NATO bases, or bases in the docile satellites of Japan and Britain.
By law the Pentagon's Base Realignment and Closing Commission must submit its fifth and final list of domestic bases to be shut down to the White House by September 8, 2005.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=17563   (2514 words)

  
 [A-List] US imperialism: Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The bases plan comes in addition to the vast expansion of the US military that has taken place elsewhere across the Middle East and central Asia in the past two years, most of it in Muslim states.
Washington's success in persuading countries from Romania to Kyrgyzstan to host its military bases is a reflection of the new era ushered in by September 11.
The new bases in central Asia, the Middle East, and the Balkans mean that the US military now girds the globe as no power has done before, from the frozen wastes of Greenland to the deserts of southern Afghanistan.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-April/025413.html   (1009 words)

  
 Interview with Chalmers Johnson -- Part 1. An Empire of More Than 725 military Bases / Global Eyes / In Motion Magazine
Instead the unit of our empire is the military base -- a separate enclave that originally had a strategic purpose, but when that strategic purpose no longer existed we didn’t give up the base.
Bases that were created for strategic purposes during World War II were given new strategic functions as part of the Cold War -- for example, the defense of Germany against an alleged ground assault by the Soviet Union through the Fulda Gap.
In the last chapter of my book I list four sorrows of empire: perpetual war; loss of the republic (in the sense of the loss of the structure of the republic, which is the main defense of the Bill of Rights); lying and disinformation by the executive branch; and bankruptcy.
www.inmotionmagazine.com /global/cj_int/cj_int1.html   (7665 words)

  
 Military Bases: Cost to Maintain Inactive Ammunition Plants and Closed Bases Could
Military Bases: Cost to Maintain Inactive Ammunition Plants and Closed Bases Could Be Reduced (Letter Report, 02/20/97, GAO/NSIAD-97-56).
However, this requirement is subject to review as (1) DOD rethinks its requirements to respond to the two major concurrent regional conflicts, (2) war-fighting strategies and weapons technology reduce current ammunition requirements, and (3) DOD seeks to fund weapon modernization costs through infrastructure cost reductions.
Our review of bases closed as a result of the BRAC process was restricted to the 1988 and 1991 rounds because sufficient time has not passed for the others in subsequent rounds to take effect.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/gao/ns97056.htm   (5086 words)

  
 The Arithmetic of America's Military Bases Abroad: What Does It All Add Up to?
We operate numerous secret bases outside our territory to monitor what the people of the world, including our own citizens, are saying, faxing, or e-mailing to one another.
The 2003 Base Status Report fails to mention, for instance, any garrisons in Kosovo -- even though it is the site of the huge Camp Bondsteel, built in 1999 and maintained ever since by Kellogg, Brown and Root.
Hutchison and Feinstein included in the Military Appropriations Act of 2004 money for an independent commission to investigate and report on overseas bases that are no longer needed.
hnn.us /articles/3097.html   (2471 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Pentagon Plans to Shut Down Half of U.S. Military Bases in Europe -- March 24, 2005
Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at the impact closing U.S. military bases in Europe has on servicemen and women, their families and the communities where they are located.
Military experts discuss the merits of President Bush plan to withdraw as many as 70,000 U.S. troops now stationed in Europe and Asia.
Military planners say the threat the Army spent four decades waiting to meet here, a Russian invasion during the cold war, no longer exists.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june05/bases_3-24.html   (1819 words)

  
 [A-List] US military: future of German bases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It also coincides with one of the deepest transatlantic rifts since the second world war, with Germany assuming the role of bete noir for many Americans because of its staunch opposition to any war in Iraq and its perceived weakening commitment to the transatlantic alliance.
The US is taking a look at the Balkans for establishing more bases as part of Washington's strategic push into central Asia.
"Yet it is expensive to move troops and set up new bases." Mr Valacek said Romania lacked long and wide runways for heavy US aircraft, had a poor railway network to transport and equipment and had big environmental clean-ups to tackle.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-March/024100.html   (541 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Wiccans meeting on Air Force base
Members of the U.S. Air Force stationed at a Texas base – which prides itself as being the most religiously diverse – are attending weekly meetings for devotees of the Wiccan religion at a base facility.
Base policy also provides that any religious body that does not have an endorsing body may hold organizational and informational meetings on base in Chaplain Service designated facilities at the sole discretion of the Wing Chaplain."
In response to the Fort Hood events, a group of 10 Christian organizations launched a boycott of the military, asking supporters not to join any of the services until the policy is changed.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42558   (836 words)

  
 Homeless Advocates, Oil Companies Eye Shuttered Military Bases
Since 1994, when the Base Closure Act amended federal law to put homeless providers at the head of the line for use of retired federal properties, homeless organizations have refurbished 53 military bases around the country and put them to use serving needy populations..
The next batch of surplus military base property should be available by the end of the year, said Rebecca Troth, Legal Director at the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP).
Old military bases, said Michael Stoops, acting Executive Director of the Washington, DC-based National Coalition for the Homeless, are desirous because "they’re self-contained, they have all the facilities." Additionally, he said, "most military bases are close to major cities," making them easier to reach from areas hit hard by urban poverty.
newstandardnews.net /content/index.cfm/items/1809   (720 words)

  
 The Economics of Military Bases
The US military spent the first quarter of 2005 evaluating the economic and social impacts of the closure of 425 domestic bases.
Foreign military presence in destitute countries has always had a profound effect on both their economies and their politics.
This is especially true where the US military is used - implicitly or explicitly - to safeguard unilateral or bilateral economic interests, such as oil pipelines or oil fields - as is the case in the countries bordering the Caspian Sea, or in Colombia.
samvak.tripod.com /pp145.html   (1331 words)

  
 portland imc - 2004.05.18 - 14 U.S. Military Bases Under Construction In Iraq
Iraqis also know that 14 US military bases are already under construction, enough to accommodate the (for the moment) 110,000 American soldiers who will stay in Iraq until at least 2007.
A ring of US military bases throughout what the Pentagon calls the Greater Middle East is a key element of the neo-conservative-driven strategy to control world energy resources as the way to control the destiny of America's economic rivals - the European Union and Northeast Asia.
But his intifada is popular because the base consists of legions of Iraq's urban poor and unemployed - roughly 70 percent of the total working-age population.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/05/288657.shtml   (2588 words)

  
 Welcome to MilitaryHomeCenter.com | Your One-Stop Source for Military Relocation
Sangley Point Naval Base is a military base of the Armed Forces of the Philippines located in Cavite City in the province of Cavite.
Edwards Air Force Base is a base located on the border of Kern County and Los Angeles County, California in the Antelope Valley, northeast of Lancaster.
Eglin Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force that belongs to the Air Force Materiel Command; the Air Armament Center is the host unit.
militaryhomecenter.com /index/inmemory/jobs/secure.html   (1355 words)

  
 BACKGROUND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On October 12, 1988 Congress passed the Base Realignment Act which paves the way for shutting down American military bases for the first time in more than a decade.
The Act authorizes the Commission on Base Realignment and Closures to recommend lists of military bases to be closed or reduced in size.
The commission's first list of recommended base closures and realignments was published on 31December 1988.
civpers.amedd.army.mil /ABACK.HTM   (115 words)

  
 Forms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SCUBA BSA this is an application that lists the basic requirements for this award.
Lists the requirements for Bear, Wolf and Webelos Scouts as well as a form to complete to get the badge.
Overnight Check List Form for the Cub Scout level which spells out what the Cub Scout and his family are supposed to bring to an overnighter.
home.att.net /~chicagobsa/forms.html   (6690 words)

  
 BOGUS EMAILS
Credible lists of military bases to be closed during the next round of Base Realignments and Closures are now circulating on the Internet.
Lists are circulating, but all are mere speculation.
Even though this is an obvious scam, a number of truly gullible folks have succumbed by providing their personal banking information and, in some cases, actually traveling overseas to collect their money and becoming trapped in some backwater village.
www.ghspaulding.com /bogus_emails.htm   (2921 words)

  
 TomDispatch - Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson on garrisoning the planet
Of course, by that time who knows what shape our overstretched military and our overstretched empire of bases will be in.
In the piece that follows, Chalmers Johnson lays out the skeletal structure of America's "Baseworld" and in the process offers us a powerful snapshot of an overstretched, heavily militarized empire whose leaders are ready to stretch further yet -- even, it seems, to the moon.
Pentagon bureaucrats calculate that it would require at least $113.2 billion to replace just the foreign bases -- surely far too low a figure but still larger than the gross domestic product of most countries -- and an estimated $591.5 billion to replace all of them.
www.tomdispatch.com /index.mhtml?pid=1181   (2899 words)

  
 Interservicing Of U.S. Military Air Bases
military bases within a joint structure outside parochial service boundaries.
A discussion of interservicing all military bases is beyond the scope of
bases upon capability and compatibility with number and type of aircraft.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1995/CJP.htm   (3082 words)

  
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The nation's military toxics scandal deepened last week with two new revelations: (1) the Department of Defense sent a report to Congress announcing it has discovered 3081 additional chemically contaminated sites besides the 14,401 they had reported earlier; this increases the officially-reported number of poisoned military sites by 21%.
Summarizing the Defense Department's own report to Congress on the 3081 new contaminated military sites, the WASHINGTON POST said, "According to the report, some of the nation's worst toxic waste problems occur at military bases, where the testing, manufacture, and maintenance of weapons resulted in pollution of the local environment.
Smith is right, the U.S. military has already set in motion the unavoidable radioactive contamination of one of the nation's major rivers.
www.rachel.org /BULLETIN/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=907   (1444 words)

  
 Lowcountry NOW: Local News - State group looks into maintaining military bases 02/15/03
In the 1995 base closure actions, it was rumored the air station and then the naval hospital were on the preliminary lists but neither made it onto the final list.
Ceips said Friday she was pleased to be included in the panel and looks forward to the study which will include recommendations for possible actions by the state leaders.
North Carolina has already spent $30,000 for a consultant to develop a plan for protecting the Tar Heel state's military bases, and in Texas state leaders are pushing for a $20 million appropriation to do the same.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/021503/LOCceips.shtml   (432 words)

  
 Military Homes For Sale by Owner and Houses for Rent
MilitaryByOwner's mission is to provide a comprehensive low cost means for military members and their families to advertise their homes for sale by owner or for rent, leveraging the power of the world wide web.
This service is provided throughout the entire year and provides the conduit for military personnel throughout the globe, who are transferring from one base to another to find Real Estate advertised near their destination military base.
Our listings change everyday, so if you don't find what you are looking for, please Bookmark this page and come back to check for updates.
www.militarybyowner.com   (193 words)

  
 Mil
Base Guide from Military.com "Every U.S. military installation around the world is in our database." Scroll down for a small map of overseas bases.
Military installations around the world used to be listed at DefenseLINK (the U.S. Military's offical main site) by country That list was withdrawn from the Web.
Lists of U.S. military facilities around the world from Global Security.
www.topsy.org /MilArWorld.html   (397 words)

  
 Military Bases Mailing List
This military bases mailing list is available now.
If you need to target military bases within the government services category, you should talk to us now.
For a fast, efficient service, starting with the provision of prices and counts for all suitable military bases lists, fill in the form now.
www.crm-broker.com /mailing_list/business/list_military_bases.htm   (151 words)

  
 LinkDiscovery.com - U.S. Military History, U.S. Military Personals, U.S. Military Bases, U.S. Military Women
An overview of African Americans in the military as well as brief biographies of individuals.
Lists 234 instances in which the U.S. has used its armed forces abroad in situations of conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes.
Discusses the history of the U.S. Military Academy, its graduates, and their impact on United States history.
www.linkdiscovery.com /military_history.html   (205 words)

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