Editing Base Realignment and Closure (section)

{{Short description|Process of closing some U.S. military bases}}
{{Redirect|Base Realignment and Closure Act|the post-WWII act|Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 }}
{{Use American English|date=January 2019}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}''' Base Realignment and Closure '''('''BRAC''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/ |title=Base Realignment and Closure 2005 - U.S. Department of Defense |access-date=May 15, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050515075028/http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/ |archive-date=May 15, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/browse/?q=brac&t=metadata |title=Explore Congressional Research Service Reports: List View UNT Digital Library |website=Digital.library.unt.edu |access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> was a process{{r|Flynn}} by a [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]] commission<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brac.gov/|title=Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC)|website=Brac.gov|access-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405120706/http://www.brac.gov/|archive-date=April 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> to increase the efficiency of the [[United States Department of Defense]] by coordinating the realignment and closure of [[List of American military installations|military installations]] following the end of the [[Cold War]]. Over 350 installations have been closed in five BRAC rounds: 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, and 2005. These five BRAC rounds constitute a combined savings of $12 billion annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R45705.pdf|title=Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC): Background and Issues for Congress|publisher=Congressional Research Service|page=7|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref>