The 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the
United States Department of Defense in 1995 as part of the
Base Realignment and Closure Commission
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end o ...
. It recommended closing 32 major
United States military bases.
Commissioners
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Alan J. Dixon, Chairman
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Alton W. Cornella
Alton may refer to:
People
* Alton (given name)
* Alton (surname)
Places Australia
*Alton National Park, Queensland
*Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne
Canada
* Alton, Ontario
*Alton, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
*Alton, New Zealand, ...
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Rebecca G. Cox
Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (previously Rebecca Gernhardt Range during White House service) (born October 23, 1954) is an American business executive and former White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Director of the Offic ...
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James B. Davis (general), USAF (Ret.)
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S. Lee Kling
S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.
S may also refer to:
History
* an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics
* Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where " ...
*RADM
Benjamin F. Montoya
Benjamin Franklin Montoya (May 24, 1935 – December 19, 2015) was a United States Navy rear admiral. He served as commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command from 1987 to 1989. Montoya was the first Hispanic chief of naval civil e ...
, USN (Ret.)
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Josue Robles, Jr. Josue is a name, a variant of the name Joshua. It may refer to:
Given name
* Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (1662-1750), French military officer
* Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820-1875), French Protestant theologian
* Josue Dupon (1864-1935), ...
, USA (Ret.)
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Wendi L. Steele Wendi may refer to:
* Wendi, a variant spelling of the given name Wendy
* Emperor Wen (disambiguation), several Chinese emperors
* Wendi (town) (文地镇), a township-level division in Bobai County, Guangxi, China
* Wind ENergy Data & Informati ...
Justifications
The
Department of Defense wanted to improve military readiness, as with previous BRAC rounds. All three of the BRAC rounds of the 1990s (1991, 1993, and 1995) were authorized under the same law, Public Law 101-510.
Recommendations
Major facilities slated for closure included:
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
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Camp Bonneville
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Castle Air Force Base
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Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
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Fort Chaffee
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Fort Greely
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Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and National Guard Training Center primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. A portion of the installation is located in eastern Daup ...
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Fort McClellan
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Fort Pickett
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Fort Ritchie
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Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly Field (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) is a Joint-Use facility located in San Antonio, Texas. It was originally named after George E. M. Kelly, the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting.
In ...
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Letterkenny Army Depot
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McClellan Air Force Base
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Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne
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Naval Air Facility Adak
Naval Air Facility Adak , was a United States Navy airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010. After its closure in 1997, it was reopened as Adak Airpor ...
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Naval Air Station South Weymouth
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Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Warminster
Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster was a U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. For most of its existence (1949–1993), the base was known as the Naval Air Development Center (NADC) Warm ...
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Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis
Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis (NAWC) is a former United States Navy facility in Warren Township, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. The plant opened in 1942, covering and employing some 3,000 in avionics research and development. The facility ...
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Naval Shipyard, Long Beach
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Naval Supply Center, Oakland
The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland was a supply facility operated by the U.S. Navy in Oakland, California. During World War II, it was a major source of supplies and war materials for ships operating in the Pacific.
The Depot had it ...
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Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
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Oakland Army Base
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Ontario Air National Guard Station Ontario Air National Guard Station is a former California Air National Guard facility located alongside Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California.
Origins in World War II
Ontario Army Air Field was established before World War II. It i ...
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Red River Army Depot
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Reese Air Force Base
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Roslyn Air National Guard Station
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Savanna Army Depot Activity
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Seneca Army Depot
The former Seneca Army Depot occupied between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Seneca County, New York. It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s. The Depot was listed in the ...
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Ship Repair Facility, Guam
Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base.
The Ship Repa ...
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Sierra Army Depot
Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California. It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enou ...
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Stratford Army Engine Plant
The Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP) was a Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command installation and manufacturing facility located in Stratford, Connecticut, where it was sited along the Housatoni ...
See also
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Loss of Strength Gradient
References
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External links
1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendationsDepartment of the Army Analyses and Recommendations, Volume IIIJames Landrith Archive of 1995 DBCRC Report
1995 in the United States
Base Realignment and Closure Commission