More on the Base Closures
Jeez, that didn't take long.
A federal panel voted today to close historic Fort Monroe in Virginia and move more than 2,000 jobs to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland from New Jersey as part of the Pentagon's plan to restructure hundreds of U.S. military bases and facilities across the country in an effort to save billions of dollars. The nine-member Base Closure and Realignment Commission also voted to shut major Army bases in Georgia and Michigan and to close nearly 400 Army Reserve and National Guard facilities in dozens of states.
[...] Most of the Army's proposals were quickly approved. Still to be decided is the fate of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest Washington, which the Pentagon wants to close, and whether Arlington and Alexandria will lose almost 23,000 defense workers housed in leased office space.
The commission did overrule the Pentagon on two of its biggest requests, however. It voted to keep open the Portsmouth shipyard at Kittery, Maine, and the submarine base in New London, Conn., despite the recommendations to shut the facilities. It also spared an army depot in Texas.
Constant updates are being posted on Yahoo News. I'm holding out hope for Walter Reed and Arlington, but just barely.
A federal panel voted today to close historic Fort Monroe in Virginia and move more than 2,000 jobs to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland from New Jersey as part of the Pentagon's plan to restructure hundreds of U.S. military bases and facilities across the country in an effort to save billions of dollars. The nine-member Base Closure and Realignment Commission also voted to shut major Army bases in Georgia and Michigan and to close nearly 400 Army Reserve and National Guard facilities in dozens of states.
[...] Most of the Army's proposals were quickly approved. Still to be decided is the fate of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest Washington, which the Pentagon wants to close, and whether Arlington and Alexandria will lose almost 23,000 defense workers housed in leased office space.
The commission did overrule the Pentagon on two of its biggest requests, however. It voted to keep open the Portsmouth shipyard at Kittery, Maine, and the submarine base in New London, Conn., despite the recommendations to shut the facilities. It also spared an army depot in Texas.
Constant updates are being posted on Yahoo News. I'm holding out hope for Walter Reed and Arlington, but just barely.