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| DoD Expects to Save Nearly $50 Billion |
| WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the department's recommendations to close or realign military facilities in the United States will better position U.S. forces to confront this century's threats. Press Release |
• Closure and Realignment Impacts by State
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| Services Use BRAC to Realign Forces |
| WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – The services have used the base realignment and closure process to realign active duty and reserve forces to better face the threats of the 21st century, Pentagon officials said today. Story |
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| THE LIST – Michael Wynne, under secretary of defense for Acquisition, responds to queries in the Pentagon briefing room about the base realignment and closure recommendations released by Defense Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on May 13, 2005. The BRAC recommendations, if adopted would close 33 major bases and realign 29 more. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Airforce Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen Hi-Res | May 13 Briefing Photos | May 12 Photos |
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| Cross-Service Groups Enhance Efforts |
| WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – "We train joint, we fight joint, we might as well live joint," is how Charles S. Abell summarizes the Defense Department's recommendations to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Abell, principal deputy to the undersecretary for personnel and readiness, chaired the joint cross-service group working on training and education issues in developing DoD's recommendations. Story |
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| Closings, Realignments Reshape Force |
| WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – The Defense Department has recommended closing 33 major bases and realigning 29 others as part of a comprehensive reshaping of the military infrastructure through the base realignment and closure process ...
if adopted, the recommendations would give DoD a net savings of almost $50 billion over 20 years, officials said. Annual savings are pegged at $5.5 billion a year after that. Story |
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| Process to Revamp Military Medical System |
| WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – Defense officials have used the base realignment and closure process to transform the way military medicine operates. Medical facilities will become more joint, they will consolidate where patients reside and they will become state-of-the-art. "We want to rival Johns Hopkins or the Mayo Clinics," said Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
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| Rumsfeld Recommends Infrastructure Cut |
| WASHINGTON, May 12, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's recommendations to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission would cut excess military infrastructure between 5 and 11 percent, Rumsfeld said during a Pentagon news conference today. More |
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| Service Leaders Support Recommendations |
 WASHINGTON, May 12, 2005 – Senior service leaders at the Pentagon expressed confidence today in the base realignment and closure process and acknowledged that it's a critical part of the Defense Department's transformation to make the military better able to meet 21st-century threats. More |
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| Base Closing Good News for Texas Capital |
 AUSTIN, Texas – Though the fear of losing jobs and revenue grips nearby cities and towns when the Defense Department decides to close a military installation, the bad news can be made good. Such was the case when Bergstrom Air Force Base here closed in 1993, its fate sealed by the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure. Story |
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| Commissioners Take Oath of Office |
| WASHINGTON – The 2005 Base Realignmnent and Closure Commission began its work here May 3, 2005. Commission Chairman Anthony J. Principi, former secretary of veterans affairs, administered the oath of office to the eight commissioners who will evaluate the Defense Department's recommendations for changes in U.S. force posture. Story |
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• May 13, 2005, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld forwarded the department's recommendations to the BRAC Commission. |
• The commission will then forward its report on the recommendations to the president by Sept. 8, 2005. |
• The president will have until Sept. 23, 2005, to accept or reject the recommendations in their entirety. |
• If accepted, Congress will have 45 legislative days to reject the recommendations in their entirety or they become binding on the department. |
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| BRAC Briefings and Slides |
| • May 13, 2005 Briefing Transcript • Slides |
| • May 12, 2005 Briefing Transcript • Slides |
| • May 10, 2005 Briefing Transcript • Slides |
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| • Transition Partner to Help Communities |
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WASHINGTON — DoD's Office of Economic Adjustment helps communities impacted by BRAC. Defense officials help community officials assess economic hardships, identify and evaluate alternative courses of action and resource requirements, and prepare an adjustment strategy or action plan. For more information click on the