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2005-04-01 Home Front: Politix

2005 BRAC process likely to be less dramatic

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Posted by Steve 2005-04-01 11:43:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And throw in the rebuilding of the Army from a low of 480K [per capita the lowest since 1940], then some installations on the cut list may well be needed in the expansion. The US Army was operating with 750K volunteers at the end of Gulf War I, so a larger expansion is still possible. It just takes more time to build up than to cut.

Posted by Cleretle Glick2989 2005-04-01 2:10:50 PM|| 2005-04-01 2:10:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to mention the effect that base closures have on reserve units and retirees. Yeah, that base over in the next county is under-utilized, but it is also the place where the reserve units in your part of the state train. Close it down, and now the units have to travel another 150 miles on the weekends. Which translates into fewer training hours and, unless the CO is a real hard-charger, probably fewer weekends down range overall.

Bottom line: If you're going to use the Reserves and Guard like they're regular forces, you need to have lots of excess bases for them to train at.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-04-01 2:40:36 PM|| 2005-04-01 2:40:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 plus, the difficulty in establishing new bases is enormous - enviros and lefties out of the woodwork. Can you imagine tring to get Camp Pendleton or North Island Naval Air Base built in today's environmental/NIMBY climate and land prices?

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-01 2:53:38 PM|| 2005-04-01 2:53:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 480K [per capita the lowest since 1940],

Wow! I didn't know that. I figure the pre-WWII build up had started.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-01 4:45:52 PM|| 2005-04-01 4:45:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank,

Of course the irony is that without Camp Pendleton Southern California would be an uninterrupted sea of townhomes and strip malls from Ventura down to the Mexican border.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-04-01 4:56:41 PM|| 2005-04-01 4:56:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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