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	Military base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A military base is a facility, settlement, reservation, or installation that shelters military equipment and personnel.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_base (199 words)

	Military Base Closures: Reducing High Costs of Environmental Cleanup Requires Difficult Choices (Letter Report, ...
		As a result of military base downsizing, DOD has had to phase down base operations, expedite the sale or transfer of unneeded base property for future reuse, properly account for cost and savings attributable to base closures, and perform environmental cleanup of contaminated property no longer needed.
		Base closures have underscored the importance and urgency of environmental cleanup.
		Relative risk is based on an evaluation of contaminants, hazards, pathways, and receptors in groundwater, surface water, sediment, and surface soils.
	www.fas.org /man/gao/ns96172.htm (7303 words)

	Base Closures: Redevelopment Boon Or Bust?
		As many as 33 major bases will be closed while another 29 bases will be “realigned,” which in military shorthand means they will absorb more staff.
		Conversely, bases targeted for closure that reside in the shadow of larger cities are good candidates for redevelopment.
		Gold, who leads the firm’s public policy and regulation practice, says that many smaller cities rely heavily on their military bases for jobs, which makes the area less attractive to developers seeking to build office, residential and retail there.
	nreionline.com /news/base_closures_boon_bust (589 words)

	U.S. Bases Overseas Show New Strategy
		U.S. bases abroad cannot be named after individuals, but unofficially this facility is known as the Peter J. Ganci base, after a New York fire chief killed when the World Trade Center collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.
		Unlike the big garrison bases that have traditionally housed more than 80 percent of U.S. forces overseas, the Manas air base is small, simple and largely isolated from the surrounding community.
		Whether the base is having the kind of stabilizing effect military planners are hoping for still isn't clear.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2004/040726-us-bases.htm (1185 words)

	Military towns brace for base cutbacks - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
		Now, as the Pentagon begins another round of military base closings, no one needs to be reminded of the economic benefits these facilities provide to local communities.
		As a mainstay of Cold War military strategy, the base was tasked with keeping an eye on the movements of Russian submarines in the North Atlantic.
		State and local officials trying save the base argue that it is still ideally suited for the modern mission of coastal surveillance to support the Department of Homeland Security.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7832727 (647 words)

	BaseClosures.com - Welcome
		With serious preparation and savvy, experience-driven approaches to the military community, Base Closures can be extraordinary community and economic opportunities, a view standing in marked contrast to the customary fears and fierce opposition by community, state, commercial and military stakeholders.
		While there are clear financial benefits to acquisition both now and in the 2005 round of base closures, nevertheless purchasers will find themselves in a thicket of competing interests, jurisdictions and regulations that require moving with considerable care to maximize redevelopment opportunities and not become the environmental liability-holder of last resort for U.S. Government pollution.
		This reality is borne out through my work on other military sites, where I have been successful in converting closed military bases into economic redevelopment opportunities while shielding parties from the Federal Government's own environmental and land use responsibilities.
	www.baseclosures.com (327 words)

	CNN.com - Lawmakers scramble to save bases - May 14, 2005
		He also pointed out the current bases were "designed for the Cold War," and realignment is necessary to enable the U.S. military to face the war against terrorism and other new challenges.
		Military officials said the changes called for are larger than those enacted in previous rounds of closures.
		Wynne said the Defense Department defined a major military base as one with a "plant replacement value" of at least $100 million.
	www.cnn.com /2005/POLITICS/05/13/base.closings (953 words)

	ABC News: Primer: Understanding Military Base Realignment and Closure
		A March 2004 report estimated that about 24 percent of the nation's "base capacity" was "excess." Rumsfeld, however, told newspaper editorial writers recently that excess now looks to be only about 10 percent to 12 percent of the capacity.
		The last four rounds of base closing — in 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995 — resulted in 97 major base closures, 55 "major realignments" and 235 "minor actions" for a net savings of $18 billion through fiscal year 2001.
		The main criterion for assessing a base is "military value," which basically means the ability to prepare for and win a war.
	abcnews.go.com /US/story?id=747771&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (399 words)

	USATODAY.com - Will base closings sap support for military? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some wonder whether the military, by leaving so many places where it has long been a part of the community, is setting itself up to become too remote from the very people it is charged with protecting.
		The further erosion of the military industrial complex in the Northeast could accelerate the trend, leaving the region with little stake in the military, either culturally or politically.
		In voting to overrule the Pentagon and keep open the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Submarine Base New London, the BRAC Commission simply decided quality was more important than cost savings; the commission chairman suggested that both the shipyard and sub base were the premier facilities of their kind in the country.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-08-28-base-closing-csm_x.htm (1044 words)

	TCC Admission Procedures for Military Personnel
		Military base classes are open to both civilian and active-duty military personnel.
		On-base classes require a temporary base pass for both the student and their vehicle.
		FOR YOUR SERVICE and the service of your family, The Commonwealth of Virginia is offering in-state tuition to spouses and children of military personnel for the first year of their assignment in Virginia.
	www.tcc.edu /students/military (480 words)

	CBC News: U.S. military base cuts to save $50B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As many as 33 major military bases are recommended for closure, which would save $48.8 billion US over 20 years, said Rumsfeld.
		The proposal must be approved by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, as well as by President George W. Bush by Sept. 23, and then by Congress.
		Bases that will increase in size, absorbing troops from the closed bases include Fort Bliss army base in Texas and Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/05/13/bases-us050513.html (431 words)

	USATODAY.com - Panel bucks Pentagon on some military base closings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Base Realignment and Closure Commission spared Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, after an intense lobbying campaign from politicians, economists and former Defense officials.
		The vote to keep open the 137-year-old sub base and the shipyard, established in 1800, was among the most significant departures from a Pentagon plan to save $48.8 billion by closing hundreds of facilities it says are not needed.
		Closing the base "would be a tragic mistake," said Anthony Principi, chairman of the commission.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-08-24-base-closings-review_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (584 words)

	Chamish - Exclusive Photos Of Huge New US Base In Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We estimate that several tens of billions of dollars are going into the base itself but the new road surrounding the complex currently being blasted out of the rock has to add another billion dollars to the pricetag.
		The U.S. is to build the military base within Israel under the guise that it is for the use of the U.S. military.
		The sole purpose of this base is for the United Nations use, not the U.S., and not Israel.
	www.rense.com /general66/excl.htm (1122 words)

	Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WASHINGTON-- The Pentagon's recommendations for the next round of military base closings show a clear regional trend, cutting operations in the Northeast and Midwest, while further enhancing the South as a bastion of the nation's defense and military culture.
		Some military experts and politicians say they're worried the process could create an unhealthy concentration of the military in the South, at the expense of the Northeast and Midwest, where the nation's bases and personnel are already underrepresented.
		With the military now focused on Middle East countries such as Iraq, the bases are just as well positioned in states like Florida.
	www.norwichbulletin.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050530/NEWS01/505300302/1002 (960 words)

	Lunar base
		A greenhouse which would be used to enrich the atmosphere of the base with oxygen, as well as a rest area for the crew.
		The document proposed a project of a base built in three phases with eventual increase of its crew from 4 to 12 people and the duration of their stay on the surface of the Moon at least one year.
		The deployment of the lunar base planned for the 1980s, would be preceded by detailed mapping of the Moon conducted by an unmanned lunar spacecraft developed at NPO Lavochkin.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /lunar_base.html (2568 words)

	Military base closures may be less than feared, but they'll sting
		As a Monday deadline approaches for the Pentagon to release a draft of U.S. military bases it wants closed, the betting is that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's cuts into the nation's roughly 400 major bases won't be as drastic as once imagined.
		The military is on a wartime footing, European bases are drawing down to bring 70,000 troops home, and the government faces substantial costs just to clean up already-closed bases.
		Another is "encroachment," pertaining to the friction between military bases and communities around them, often involving land use, the environment and noise.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/223745_brac11.html (1690 words)

	Base Realignment and Closure 2005 - U.S. Department of Defense
		Base Realignment and Closure 2005 - U.S. Department of Defense
		However, commission members voted down proposals to close a submarine base, a shipyard and an Army depot.
		The BRAC Commission recommendations for reshaping the Defense Department's infrastructure and force structure became official on November 9, 2005 and are available at www.brac.gov/finalreport.asp The Defense Department now has until September 15, 2011 to complete implementation of these recommendations.
	www.defenselink.mil /brac (904 words)

	MILITARY BASE CLOSURE LIST / Relief, joy and outrage / PENTAGON'S HIT LIST / Biggest cuts would come from outside state ...
		Washington -- California's military bases emerged relatively unscathed in the new round of base closures announced Friday by the Pentagon, with the deepest cuts proposed for military installations in the Northeast.
		Several major facilities in the state that were seen as potential targets for closure or realignment -- including Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the Defense Language Institute and Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey - - were untouched by the Bush administration's effort to cut costs by consolidating the nation's military bases.
		But California officials celebrated the news that the state would be spared a repeat of base closures a decade ago, which shuttered 29 major military facilities and cost the state 93,000 defense jobs.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/14/MNGIRCPBFA1.DTL (1223 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Base-closing odds may favor S.D.
		Handicapping U.S. military bases for the next round of closings is more art than science, but some see a payday for San Diego County at the finish line.
		A marked base's supporters can argue before the commission that their installation was not properly evaluated based on established Defense Department criteria, which lean heavily upon military need.
		If a base in San Diego County is picked for closure, the region's lobbyists can tap a contingency fund to conduct studies and hire expert witnesses to make a case for reversing the decision.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20050504-9999-1n4brac.html (1386 words)

	Bipartisan Delegation Fights to Prevent Future Military Base Closures
		Nearly 75 percent of the jobs lost through previous rounds of military downsizing are precisely those jobs most critical to a modern defense establishment.
		As such, we believe that any calculations of the total costs of a base closure and realignment must include costs associated with losing this synergistic relationship and having to recreate it elsewhere.
		California now houses only 10 percent of the nation's military employees and we recommend the inclusion of criteria that ensures our State is not asked again to contribute disproportionately to the streamlining of the military's base infrastructure.
	www.senate.gov /~feinstein/03Releases/r-brac-12-18-03.htm (944 words)

	Overseas Military Base Closures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With the drawdown of military forces, the military infrastructure established for the Cold War needed to be cut and remolded for the new threat environment.
		Although DOD has not published a national military strategy (NMS) this millennium, the current version revolves around the numbers “1-4-2-1.” The military is expected to defend the homeland (1); deter aggression in four world regions (4); swiftly defeat adversaries in two other conflicts (2); and, conduct a limited number of small operations (1).
		These small, expandable bases would be linked like spokes to a few existing large, heavy-infrastructure bases, which have been referred to as “enduring bases.” Finally, he envisioned “virtual bases” where the United States would have negotiated a series of access rights to military facilities with numerous countries.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/schwalbe2.html (8269 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military
		Arms dealer guilty of illegally exporting military hardware: A Pakistani arms dealer working out of Rosarito Beach was convicted in San Diego federal court yesterday of illegally exporting military aircraft parts on the fl market.
		The 8-year-old son of an active-duty sailor was stabbed to death in a house on a Great Lakes Navy base, and a man who police say was inside the home with a knife was charged with murder.
		Base volunteer is in the information business: Bob Hughes served in the armed forces for years.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military (1604 words)

	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld & LLP- practice
		Having experienced four recent rounds of base closure and realignment activities (1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995), communities with nearby military facilities have repeatedly faced the prospect of losing the economic contribution (direct spending and related employment) that these installations provide.
		We are ready today to help you implement an effective strategy to maximize the positive economic impact that your military facility will have on your local communities and state and to ensure that your base or military installation is prepared to meet future realignment and closure challenges.
		We understand that future base realignment and closure legislation will not be a carbon copy of the previous four closure and realignment rounds.
	www.akingump.com /practice.cfm?practice_id=91 (743 words)

	Khanabad
		Although seldom mentioned in the news, K-2 is becoming well known by military aircrews as the most hospitable and efficient airfield in the region.
		The base hosts countless heavy airlift and transport aircraft, and before an aircrew even touches down on the base’s short, crumbling runway, an orchestra of people is already on-hand to welcome them.
		Passengers are greeted by a base representative before they even step off the plane and then ushered to a bus, parked just a few feet from the aircraft.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/khanabad.htm (2351 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		The base would be similar to those the Pentagon is constructing throughout strategic locations in East Africa and Central Asia.
		Using Cyprus as a logistics base would allow the Pentagon more flexibility in planning interventions in the Middle East and give it firmer control over the oil-rich regions of the Middle East, North Africa and the Caspian Sea, especially at a time when Libya's rehabilitation within the international community is gathering momentum.
		A US military base would not be the first time the island played host to an American presence.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FD10Ak04.html (1869 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Kyrgyz, Russian Officials Mull Military Base Possibility in Southern Kyrgyzstan
		The base would be designed to enhance the security of what has proven to be the epicenter of volatility in Central Asia.
		The idea of an Osh base was reportedly first raised during May 19 talks between Bakiyev and a Russian delegation headed by Andrei Kokoshin, the chairman of the Russian parliament’s Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States.
		In addition to the speculation surrounding the creation of a Russian military base in Osh, reports have circulated in recent days that China wants to establish a military presence in southern Kyrgyzstan.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav060205.shtml (1137 words)

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