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Today's Topics:
1. Defense Department plans BRAC Implementation Plan (Lenny Siegel)
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:27:01 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Defense Department plans BRAC Implementation Plan
To: Installation Reuse Forum
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Implementation Plan on Schedule, Official Says
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
December 12, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department expects to have a plan to implement
Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations early next year,
a DoD official said here Dec. 7.
The 2005 BRAC is the largest, most joint-service-oriented round DoD has
ever
attempted, Philip Grone, deputy undersecretary of defense for
installations and environment, said in a Pentagon Channel interview.
More than 800 installations across the country from the active, National
Guard and Reserve components will be affected, Grone said, and 40
percent of the changes will affect more than one service.
"This is larger than anything we've ever attempted in the past, but it's
necessary for the transformation of the armed forces and the
transformation of our business practices to set about this broad
realignment of American domestic military infrastructure," Grone said.
...
For the entire article, see
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2005/20051212_3622.htmlBRAC