[CPEO-IRF] Coast Guard looks ahead from Otis closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CG pledges continued S&R from Otis despite closure

By David Irland
Martha's Vineyard Times (MA)
September 1, 2005 


On Friday the federal Base Realignment And Closure Commission (BRAC)
announced the closure of the Otis Air National Guard Base, located on
the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod.

In the wake of the BRAC announcement, the First District of the United
States Coast Guard sent out a short press release.

"The Coast Guard will continue to provide search and rescue coverage to
New England's mariners and provide air support for Coast Guard missions
throughout the region," said the release.

The Coast Guard release added, "Keeping the Coast Guard air station and
other units located at the Massachusetts Military Reservation remains
one of various options that will be evaluated."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mvtimes.com/News/09012005/weekly_stories/otis.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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