United States General Accounting Office Supplement to a Report to the Congress GAO and the Chairman, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
May 1995 MILITARY BASES Letters and Requests Received on Proposed Closures and Realignments
GAO/NSIAD-95-133S
United States General Accounting Office GAO Washington, D.C. 20548
Comptroller General of the United States
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May 9, 1995
To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable Alan J. Dixon Chairman, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
This is a supplement to our report entitled Military Bases: Analysis of DOD’s 1995 Process and Recommendations for Closure and Realignment (GAO/NSIAD-95-133, Apr. 14, 1995).
Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, have sent us correspondence on base closures. Several of these letters were from multiple requesters and included attachments of data, analyses, and/or evaluations.
In some instances, the letters and material provided useful leads. In other cases, the material added support to issues we were actively pursuing. We could not follow up on many of the issues or points because of the limited time available to us. However, we believe that the letters and materials may be helpful to the Commission as it considers the proposed closures and realignments. Consequently, we are providing all of the letters and materials to the Commission for consideration. Appendix I contains copies of the letters and some of the materials we received.
We are sending copies of this supplement to the Chairmen, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense; Senate Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National Security; House Committee on National Security; individual Members of Congress; the Secretaries of Defense, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; and the Directors of the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Investigative Service. We will make copies available to others on request.
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This supplement was prepared under the direction of David R. Warren, Director of Defense Management and NASA Issues, who may be reached on (202) 512-8412 if you or your staff have any questions concerning its contents.
Charles A. Bowsher Comptroller General of the United States
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Contents
Letter 1
Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, 8 Appendix I the Honorable Bill Frist, the Honorable Letter and Other Fred Thompson, the Honorable Blanche Material Received on Lincoln, the Honorable Ed Bryant, and the Honorable John Tanner, Members of Proposed Base Congress, dated February 28, 1995, Closures and regarding the Defense Distribution Depot Realignments Memphis, Tennessee Letter from the Honorable Wendell Ford, the 10 Honorable Lee Hamilton, the Honorable Mike Ward, the Honorable Mitch McConnell, and the Honorable Ron Lewis, Members of Congress, dated March 7, 1995, regarding the Navy’s handling of data call responses pertaining to the Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky
Letter from the Honorable Harold Ford, 12 Member of Congress, dated March 7, 1995, regarding the impact on minorities at depots the Defense Logistics Agency considered for closure
Letter from the Honorable Edward J. Markey, 13 Member of Congress, dated March 20, 1995, regarding the Army’s decision pertaining to the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts
Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, Member 14 of Congress, dated March 22, 1995, regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’s process for scoring military value on the Defense Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee
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FAX letter received from a representative 16 of the Federal Managers Association, on March 24, 1995, regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’s decision to disestablish the Defense Industrial Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Letter from the Honorable Ted Stevens, Member 19 of Congress, dated March 29, 1995, regarding the proposed realignment of Fort Greely, Alaska
Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 20 Member of Congress, dated March 30, 1995, regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’s decision to disestablish the Defense Industrial Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 22 Member of Congress, dated April 4, 1995, regarding the Navy’s decision to close the Naval Air Technical Services Facility, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 25 Member of Congress, dated April 5, 1995, regarding the Navy’s recommendation to close the Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and relocate the activity to Naval Aviation Depot, North Island, California
Letter from Timothy R. Rupli, President, Defense 27 Realignment Advisors, dated April 6, 1995, regarding the Army Depot Systems Command’s methodology for Army maintenance depot downsizing
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Letter from the Honorable Conrad R. Burns, 28 Chairman, Military Construction Subcommittee, Senate Committee on Appropriations, dated April 7, 1995, regarding the proposed realignment of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana
Letter from the Honorable James V. Hansen, Member 29 of Congress, dated April 7, 1995, regarding the consolidation of tactical missile maintenance
Letter from Mr. J.W. Wheeler, Hudson Institute, 30 dated April 9, 1995, regarding the proposed closure of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Indianapolis, Indiana
Letter from the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, 31 the Honorable H. James Saxton, the Honorable Bill Bradley, and the Honorable Frank Lautenberg, Members of Congress, dated April 10, 1995, regarding the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, and the Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Letter from the Honorable Fred Thompson and the 34 Honorable Bill Frist, Members of Congress, dated April 10, 1995, regarding the recommended closure of the Defense Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee
Letter from the Honorable Richard Gephardt, the 36 Honorable William Clay, the Honorable Harold L. Volkmer, the Honorable Christopher S. Bond, and the Honorable John Ashcroft, Members of Congress, dated April 11, 1995, regarding the Army’s recommendation to disestablish the Aviation and Troop Command, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Letter from the Honorable Dianne Feinstein and 42 the Honorable Barbara Boxer, Members of Congress, dated April 11, 1995, regarding the realignment of Onizuka Air Station, California
Letter from the Honorable Anna G. Eshoo and 45 the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Members of Congress, dated April 12, 1995, regarding the realignment of the 750th Space Group from Onizuka Air Force Station, California, and the 129th Rescue Group from Moffett Federal Airfield, California
Letter from the Honorable David L. Hobson, 48 Member of Congress, dated April 14, 1995, regarding GAO’s April 14, 1995, report on the base closure and realignment process and the Springfield-Beckley Air National Base, Ohio
Letter from the Honorable Dan Burton, the 49 Honorable Andy Jacobs, and the Honorable David McIntosh, Members of Congress, dated April 25, 1995, regarding the closure recommendation pertaining to the Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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