[CPEO-IRF] Realignment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC may emphasize 'realignment' part

By Megan Scully
The Hill (DC)
April 26, 2005

It is less than three weeks until the Pentagon announces its 
recommendations for base closings and realignments, but analysts and 
insiders say this year's list could be markedly different from those in 
the past.

With an eye on military transformation and interservice planning and 
preparation, Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend far more base 
realignments, perhaps softening blows to communities, department 
employees and lawmakers worried about the devastating economic impacts 
of completely shutting down installations.

As opposed to a full closure, a base realignment expands or reduces the 
number of personnel at a certain installation, often consolidating 
missions at one or a handful of bases. In this go-around, that could 
mean creating joint offices and bases, a key piece of Defense Secretary 
Donald Rumsfeld's transformation plans.

"We will see a stronger mark here by the secretary of defense to ensure 
that there is a correlation between the force structure as he envisions 
it for the future and the infrastructure to support that force 
structure," said Charlie Battaglia, chief of staff of the independent 
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, which will analyze the 
Pentagon's recommendations over the summer. "That's why we're seeing an 
emphasis on realignment instead of closure."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042605/brac.html


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