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==Closures and realignments== ===1988=== The [[1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] included:<ref name=BRAC>{{cite web|title=BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS BY STATE: 1995, 1993, 1991, AND 1988|url=http://www.brac.gov/docs/final/AppendixF.pdf|access-date=21 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528175345/https://www.brac.gov/docs/final/AppendixF.pdf|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Div col}} * [[Alabama Army Ammunition Plant]] * [[Army Materials Technology Laboratory]] * [[220th Military Police Brigade|Army Reserve Center Gaithersburg]] * [[Bennett Army National Guard Facility]] * [[Cameron Station (Alexandria, Virginia)|Cameron Station]] * [[Cape St. George Island|Cape St. George]] * [[Chanute Air Force Base]] * [[Coosa River Storage Annex]] * [[Defense Mapping Agency]] site Herndon, Virginia * Former Nike Site at the [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] * [[Fort Bliss]] (realigned) * [[Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School|Fort Des Moines]] * [[Fort Detrick]] (realigned) * [[Fort Dix]] (realigned as [[Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst]]) * [[Fort Douglas]] * [[Fort Holabird]] * Fort Meade (realigned) * [[Fort Monmouth]] * [[Sheridan Reserve Center|Fort Sheridan]] * [[Fort Wingate Ammunition Storage Depot]] * [[Fort Wingate]] * [[George Air Force Base]] * [[Hamilton Army Airfield]] * [[Indiana Army Ammunition Plant]] * [[Irwin Support Detachment Annex]] * [[Jefferson Proving Ground]] * [[Kapalama Military Reservation]] Phase III * [[Lexington Army Depot]] * [[Lexington-Bluegrass Army Depot]] * [[Mather Air Force Base]] * [[Navajo Depot Activity]] (turned over to the [[Arizona Army National Guard]]) * [[Naval Hospital Philadelphia]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Coconut Grove]] * [[Naval Station Galveston]] * [[Lake Charles, Louisiana#History|Naval Station Lake Charles]] * [[Naval Station New York]] * [[Naval Station Puget Sound]] * [[Naval Station San Francisco]] (realigned) * [[New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal]] * [[Nike Washington-Baltimore]] * [[Norton Air Force Base]] * [[Pease Air Force Base]] (realigned as [[Pease Air National Guard Base]]) * [[Pontiac Storage Facility]] * [[Presidio of San Francisco]] * [[Pueblo Army Depot]] (realigned) * [[Salton Sea Test Base]] * [[St. Louis Area Support Center Wherry]] housing * [[Tacony Warehouse]] * [[Umatilla Army Depot]] (realigned) {{div col end}} ===1990=== In 1990, the [[United States Navy|Navy]] considered cutting 34 military installations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19900425&id=yNIpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6945,2774544 |title=34 military bases may face the ax |last=Cassata |first=Donna |date=April 25, 1990 |website=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |location=Spartanburg, S.C. |page=A3}}</ref> ===1991=== The [[1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] included:<ref name=BRAC /> {{Div col}} * [[Beale Air Force Base]] (realigned) * [[Bergstrom Air Force Base]] * [[Carswell Air Force Base]] (turned over to the [[United States Navy Reserve]] and realigned as [[Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth]]) * [[Castle Air Force Base]] * [[Eaker Air Force Base]] * [[England Air Force Base]] * [[Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity San Diego]] (realigned) * [[Fort Benjamin Harrison]] * [[Fort Chaffee]] (turned over to the [[Arkansas Army National Guard]]) * [[Fort Devens]] (turned over to the [[United States Army Reserve]] and realigned as Devens Reserve Forces Training Area) * [[Fort Ord]] * [[Fort Novosel]] (realigned) * [[Grissom Air Force Base]] (realigned as [[Grissom Air Reserve Base]]) * [[Hunters Point Annex]] * [[Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility San Diego]] * [[Letterman Army Institute of Research]] (disestablished) * [[Loring Air Force Base]] * [[Lowry Air Force Base]] * [[Marine Corps Air Station Tustin]] * [[Myrtle Beach Air Force Base]] * [[Naval Air Station Chase Field]] * [[Naval Air Station Moffett Field]] * [[Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster]] * [[Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center San Diego]] * [[Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center Vallejo]] * [[Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center]] * [[Naval Space Systems Activity Los Angeles]] * [[Naval Station Long Beach]] * [[Naval Station Philadelphia]] * [[Naval Station Puget Sound]] * [[Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake]] (realigned) * [[Naval Air Station Point Mugu]] * [[Philadelphia Naval Yard]] * [[Presidio of Monterey]] * [[Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base]] * [[Rickenbacker Air Force Base]] (portion realigned as [[Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base]]) * [[Sacramento Army Depot]] * [[Williams Air Force Base]] * [[Wurtsmith Air Force Base]] {{div col end}} ===1993=== The [[1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] included:<ref name=BRAC /><ref>{{cite web |date=1993-07-01 |title=Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission - 1993 Report to the President |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/docs/1993com2.pdf | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | access-date=2007-10-23}}</ref> {{Div col}} * [[Anniston Army Depot]] (realigned) * [[Camp Evans]] * Fort Wingate * [[Griffiss Air Force Base]] * [[Homestead Air Force Base]] (realigned as [[Homestead Air Reserve Base]]) * [[K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base]] * [[March Air Force Base]] (realigned as [[March Air Reserve Base]]) * [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]] * [[Marine Corps Air Station El Toro]] * [[Naval Air Station Agana]] * [[Naval Air Station Alameda]] * [[Naval Air Station Barbers Point]] * [[Naval Air Station Cecil Field]] * [[Naval Air Station Dallas]] (realigned as [[Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex]]) * [[Naval Air Station Glenview]] * [[Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton]] * [[Naval Aviation Depot Alameda]] * [[Naval Aviation Depot Norfolk]] * [[Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola]] * [[Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center, Saint Inigoes]] * [[Naval Hospital Charleston]] * [[Naval Hospital Oakland]] * [[Naval Hospital Orlando]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Gadsden]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Montgomery]] * [[Naval Station Argentia]] * [[Naval Station Charleston]] * [[Naval Station Mobile]] * [[Naval Station Staten Island]] * [[Naval Station Treasure Island]] * [[Naval Supply Center, Oakland]] * [[Naval Training Center Orlando]] * [[Naval Training Center San Diego]] * [[Newark Air Force Base]] * [[O'Hare Air Reserve Station]] * [[Plattsburgh Air Force Base]] * [[Vint Hill Farms Station]] * [[Williams Air Force Base]] {{div col end}} ===1995=== The [[1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] included:<ref name=BRAC /><ref>{{Cite report |url=http://jameslandrith.com/category/advocacy-and-letters/1995-dcbrc/ |title=1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Report to the President }}</ref> {{Div col}} * [[Camp Bonneville]] * [[Castle Air Force Base]] * [[Fitzsimons Army Medical Center]] * [[Fort Chaffee]] (turned over to the [[Arkansas National Guard]]) * [[Fort Greely]] (realigned) * [[Fort Indiantown Gap]] (turned over to the [[Pennsylvania National Guard]]) * [[Fort McClellan]] * [[Fort Barfoot]] (turned over to the [[Virginia National Guard]]) * [[Fort Ritchie]] * [[Kelly Air Force Base]] (realigned as Kelly Field) * [[Letterkenny Army Depot]] * [[McClellan Air Force Base]] * [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne]] * [[Naval Air Facility Adak]] * [[Naval Air Station South Weymouth]] * [[Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Warminster]] * [[Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Fayetteville]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Fort Smith]] * [[Naval Reserve Center Huntsville]] * [[Naval Shipyard, Long Beach]] * [[Naval Supply Center, Oakland]] * [[Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division]] * [[Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division]] * [[Oakland Army Base]] * [[Ontario Air National Guard Station]] * [[Red River Army Depot]] * [[Reese Air Force Base]] * [[Roslyn Air National Guard Station]] * [[Savanna Army Depot|Savanna Army Depot Activity]] * [[Seneca Army Depot]] * [[Ship Repair Facility, Guam]] * [[Sierra Army Depot]] (realigned) * [[Stratford Army Engine Plant]] {{div col end}} ===2005=== The Pentagon released its proposed list for the [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] on May 13, 2005 (a date given the moniker "BRAC Friday," a [[pun]] on [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]]). After an extensive series of public hearings, analysis of DoD-supplied supporting data, and solicitation of comments from the public, the list of recommendations was revised by the 9-member Defense Base Closure and Realignments Commission in two days of public markups and votes on individual recommendations (the proceedings were broadcast by [[C-SPAN]] and are available for review on the network's website). The Commission submitted its revised list to the President on September 8, 2005. The President approved the list and notified Congress on September 15. The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] took up a joint resolution to disapprove the recommendations on October 26, but the resolution failed to pass. The recommendations were thereby enacted. The Secretary of Defense must implement the recommendations no later than September 15, 2011. {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} Major facilities slated for closure included: * [[Brooks Air Force Base]], Texas, renamed [[Brooks City-Base]] after [[San Antonio]] assumed control * [[Defense Finance and Accounting Service]], New York (removed from list 2005) * [[Ellsworth Air Force Base]], South Dakota (removed from list August 26, 2005) * [[Fort Gillem]], Georgia * [[Fort McPherson]], Georgia * Fort Monmouth, New Jersey * [[Fort Monroe]], Virginia * [[Kulis Air National Guard Base]], Alaska * [[Naval Air Station Brunswick]], Maine * [[Naval Air Station Willow Grove|Naval Air Station Willow Grove Joint Reserve Base]], Pennsylvania * [[Naval Station Ingleside]], Texas * [[Naval Station Pascagoula]], Mississippi * [[Naval Submarine Base New London]], Connecticut (removed from list August 24, 2005) * [[Navy Supply Corps School (Athens, Georgia)|Navy Supply Corps School]] * [[Otis Air National Guard Base]], Massachusetts (removed from list August 26, 2005) * [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]], Kittery, Maine (removed from list August 26, 2005) {{Col-break}} Major facilities slated for realignment include: * [[Army Human Resource Command]] (HRC), Missouri, moving to the [[Fort Knox]] Military Installation in Kentucky * [[Cannon Air Force Base]], New Mexico * [[Eielson Air Force Base]], Alaska * [[Elmendorf Air Force Base]], Alaska * [[Fort Belvoir]], Virginia * Fort Meade, Maryland * Fort Novosel, Alabama, Aviation Technical Test Center moving to the [[Redstone Arsenal]], Alabama and combining with the [[Redstone Technical Test Center]] to form [[U.S. Army Redstone Test Center]] * [[Grand Forks Air Force Base]], North Dakota * [[Naval Air Station Oceana]], Virginia (extent contingent on reopening the former [[Naval Air Station Cecil Field]] in Florida) * [[Naval Station Great Lakes]], Illinois * [[Pope Air Force Base]], North Carolina (transferred to the U.S. Army as Pope Army Airfield and merged with [[Fort Bragg]]) * [[Rome Laboratory]], New York * [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]], Washington, D.C. {{col-end}} Twenty-six bases were realigned into 12 [[joint base]]s, with each joint base's installation support being led by the [[United States Army|Army]], the Air Force, or the Navy.<ref>See [http://www2.hickam.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091105-033.ppt#4 Joint Base Background (part 4 of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam webpage)]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (on Hickam AFB's official website). Retrieved 2010-06-18. To access other parts of the webpage, go to the bottom of the right scroll bar and click on the down arrow (or the "page-down" double arrow). To go to earlier parts of the webpage, click on the up arrow (or the "page-up" double arrow). See [[Hickam Air Force Base#Internet webpage]] for a partial list of the webpage parts that discuss joint basing and BRAC.</ref> An example is [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord]], Washington, combining [[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Fort Lewis]] and [[McChord Field|McChord Air Force Base]]. ===2015=== The 2005 Commission recommended that Congress authorize another BRAC round in 2015 and every eight years thereafter.<ref>[http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/090905cdam1.htm BRAC panel calls closure round premature - News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202171348/http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/090905cdam1.htm |date=December 2, 2008 }}. GovExec.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> On May 10, 2012, the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]] rejected calls by the Pentagon for base closures outside of a 2015 round by a 44 to 18 vote.<ref>[http://www.military.com/news/article/house-committee-rejects-more-base-closings.html?ESRC=sm_todayinmil.nl Military Headlines]. Military.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]] had called for two rounds of base closures while at the same time arguing that the alternative of the sequester would be a "meat-ax" approach to cuts which would "hollow out" military forces.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/military/index.ssf/2012/05/us_house_committee_rejects_mor.html U.S. House committee rejects more military base closings]. NOLA.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> The [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014]] specifically prohibits authorization of future BRAC rounds.<ref>{{USPL|113|66}}: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Sec. 2711; page 334; {{USStat|127|1004}})</ref> In May 2014, it was attempted to fund another round of BRAC, although funding was not approved in a vote in May of that year.<ref name=Jordan>{{cite news|last=Jordan|first=Bryant|title=House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/07/house-panel-protects-a10-pulls-brac-from-budget.html|access-date=8 May 2014|newspaper=Military.com|date=7 May 2014}}</ref> In March 2015, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment addressed the possibility of a future BRAC, indicating that the DOD, Defense Secretary [[Ash Carter]] was requesting authority to conduct another BRAC.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marshall, Jr.|first1=Tyrone|title=Senior DoD Official Testifies on Budget, BRAC|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/128294/|website=U.S. Department of Defense|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, at the tenth anniversary of the end of the most recent BRAC commission report, its former chairman [[Anthony Principi]] wrote, "Now is the time to do what's right for our men and women in uniform. Spending dollars on infrastructure that does not serve their needs is inexcusable."<ref>{{cite news|author1=Anthony J. Principi|title=Time for a new BRAC|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/252594-time-for-a-new-brac/|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Hill|publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc|date=3 September 2015}}</ref>
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