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The communities surrounding Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) have a long history of supporting its Airmen and their families. After a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision to close Cannon AFB unless the Department of Defense identified a new mission,...
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, located on 113 acres in Washington, DC, has provided medical care to wounded warriors and their families for more than 100 years. The medical center, named in honor of Army physician Walter Reed, was founded on principles that integrated...
Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is the result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action that joined the separate installation management activities of Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), and Randolph Air Force Base to form JBSA. Resulting...
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...
The Camp Williams Training Site encompasses 20,904 acres located 26 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah and is split by Salt Lake and Utah counties. The mission of Camp Williams is to provide maneuver, live fire artillery, weapons qualification, and pre-mobilization...
The Oregon Army National Guard operates Camp Rilea as a National Guard and military training site, encompassing 1,886 acres of state-owned property located in northwest Oregon, in the Clatsop Plains, south of the city of Warrenton in Clatsop County. The installation...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.
News
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DoD, Capitol Hill Square off for BRAC Fight
Federal Times - February 13, 2012, By KATE BRANNEN
In 1991, a Democratic Congressman from California fought hard to keep an Army base open in his congressional district. While he lost that fight and Fort Ord was forced to close, the lawmaker's political career did not end there.
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Boeing Closing Could Mean Transition to Civilian Economy
National Catholic Reporter - January 31, 2012, By Sanford Gottlieb
A chill has descended on Wichita, Kan. Winter weather is not the culprit, aircraft manufacturer Boeing is. The company, a longtime fixture in the city, brought the chill when it announced the imminent closure of its big defense plant there. And Wichita is not alone.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Fourth Round of Funding Under Highly Successful TIGER Program
U.S. Department of Transportation - January 31, 2012, Contact: Justin Nisly, Tel.: 202-366-4570
Following President Obama's call in his State of the Union address for greater infrastructure investment as part of “An America Built to Last,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of funding for transportation projects under a fourth round of the popular TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program. TIGER 2012 will make $500 million available for surface transportation projects having a significant impact on the nation, a metropolitan area, or region.
Edith Johnsen