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Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 closed Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) Willow Grove. The off-site housing located in Warminster Township and Ivyland Borough (Bucks County), consisting of 53.5 acres, was declared surplus by the Navy in January...
The Central Midlands region of South Carolina is home to Fort Jackson/McCrady Training Center and McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Fort Jackson is the largest and most active Initial Entry Training Center in the U.S. Army, hosting training 50 percent of all...
Due to the Grow the Army initiative, Fort Polk is expected to gain an additional 2,442 soldiers through fiscal year (FY) 2013. The soldiers will be accompanied by an estimated 6,398 family members. These Army units will generate the need for additional contractors...
The closure of Fort McPherson, as stipulated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, resulted in an estimated loss of 7,123 jobs, (4,303 direct and 2,820 indirect jobs) between 2006 and 2011 in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia metropolitan...
Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) comprises 6,223 acres (5,409 acres of which are owned by the Department of Defense) and is located approximately 10 miles northeast of Rapid City and just north of the City of Box Elder, South Dakota. The host unit at Ellsworth AFB...
Fort Belvoir is located in southern Fairfax County, just north of Prince William County, and is Virginia's largest single employer. With the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action, along with other growth at the installation, 39,228 personnel are stationed...OEA Announcements
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Department of Defense Selects Transportation Projects to Improve Medical Access at Bases
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment selects transportation projects at Fort Belvoir, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and Joint Base San Antonio in funding competition to improve access to military medical facilities:
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DOD Announces Results of Educational Facilities Review
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Department of Defense announced the findings of the facilities assessment which is part of an overall education review of public schools on military installations and operated by local education agencies.
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Department of Defense Base Structure Report Fiscal Year 2012 Baseline
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
Representing a consolidated summary of the Military Departments’ annual real property inventory (RPI) data, the Base Structure Report (BSR) – FY 2012 Baseline is a snapshot of data that is collected at the end of each fiscal year.
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Study to Look at Effects on Radar from Wind Turbines
Stardem.com - May 13, 2012, By CHRIS KNAUSS, Staff Writer
Wind turbines
EASTON - The Talbot County Council agreed to participate in a joint land-use study requested by the Patuxent Naval Air Station at their public meeting last Tuesday.
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House Committee Rejects More Base Closings
Associated Press - May 10, 2012, By Robert Burns
WASHINGTON -- The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday soundly rejected the Pentagon's call for military base closings to cut costs as lawmakers worked on a defense budget that adds billions to President Barack Obama's spending proposal.
Jack Sprott