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Fort McPherson, a 488-acre installation located in southwest Atlanta, was selected to close under the 2005 round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). The State of Georgia, through the local the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority (MILRA), is...
Spanning 570 acres, Fort Monroe is located in Hampton, Virginia, on Old Point Comfort where the Hampton Roads Harbor and Chesapeake Bay meet. Established as a U.S. Army installation in 1819, this National Historic Landmark District contains a diverse collection...
Camp Roberts Maneuver Training Center is a California Army National Guard facility located in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties, adjacent to the unincorporated community of San Miguel. Camp Roberts comprises 42,814 acres owned by the Department of the Army,...
Fort Drum is located approximately 75 miles due north of Syracuse, and it is approximately 25 miles south of the Thousand Islands Bridge, a major entry point crossing into Canada. Toward the east is the six million acre Adirondack Park and to the west are Lake...
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is located at the top of the Chesapeake Bay, midway between Baltimore and Philadelphia. The installation and its current 69 tenants serve as Harford County’s top employer and a leading economic engine generating approximately $3...
The Camp Butner Training Site (CBTS) encompasses approximately 4,880 acres located four miles northwest of the town of Butner, North Carolina and within the counties of Granville and Durham. Camp Butner serves as the primary field training site for the North Carolina...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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Panetta, Defense Industry Meet as Huge Cost Cuts Loom
Chicago Tribune - January 20, 2012, By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 40 U.S. aerospace and defense industry executives met with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Washington on Friday amid signs that huge planned cuts in military spending are already squeezing industry profits and prompting layoffs.
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Panetta Ends Probation of Marines’ F-35 Warplane
The New York Times - January 20, 2012, By THOM SHANKER
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta visited a flight testing center along the shores of Chesapeake Bay on Friday to give a lift to the beleaguered F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, announcing that he was taking the Marine Corps version of the costly warplane off probation.
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Remarks by Secretary of Defense Panetta at the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Texas
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) - January 12, 2012
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks, Silver (sp), for that great, warm introduction. I really appreciate it. And I really appreciate the invitation to be able to come down to Fort Bliss and to be here this evening. I really feel honored in a number of ways.
