[CPEO-IRF] Air National Guard debate continues

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

States say Justice opinion not the final word on Air Guard

By Megan Scully
Congress Daily
August 15, 2005

A challenge from state officials to the Pentagon's proposed 
reorganization of the Air National Guard is not over, despite a Justice 
Department opinion that the units can be shuttered as part of the 
base-closure and realignment round.

The 14-page opinion, released Friday, said the Defense Department can 
close or realign a National Guard base without the consent of the 
governor, contradicting one of the main arguments put forth by state 
lawmakers and Guard leaders.

"It would have been a surprise if they ruled any differently," said Maj. 
Gen. Frank Vavala, Delaware's adjutant general and a vocal opponent of 
the Pentagon's recommendations. "I figured [the Justice Department] 
would side with the Pentagon on this."

Vavala, who also serves as vice president of the Adjutants General 
Association of the United States, said the Guard will continue to meet 
with the independent commission reviewing the Pentagon's recommendations.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0805/081505cdpm1.htm

See also:

Air Guard plan would limit Pentagon's proposed closures

By Megan Scully
Congress Daily
August 12, 2005

Air National Guard leaders have drawn up a proposal to lessen the blow 
of Pentagon recommendations to ground roughly one-third of the country's 
88 Air Guard units, but their detailed plan did not receive immediate 
endorsement from the independent Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

The proposal, written by several adjutants general, asks the commission 
to accept only 11 of more than 50 recommendations affecting the Air Guard.

It would allow every state to keep a flying mission and prevent the Air 
Force from creating so-called enclave units without planes.

...

For the entire article,
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0805/081205cdpm1.htm


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Lenny Siegel
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