[CPEO-IRF] Coast Guard at Otis/MMR (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State, feds agree to keep Coast Guard at Otis air base

By Glen Johnson, Associated Press
Boston Globe (MA)
December 22, 2006

BOSTON --State and federal officials signed an agreement Friday that 
preserves the Coast Guard's aviation presence at the Otis Air National 
Guard Base on Cape Cod.

The agreement, between the Coast Guard, the National Guard Bureau and 
the state, created the Massachusetts Military Reservation Installation 
Partnership. It will allow the Coast Guard to assume control of the 
aviation facilities from the Air Force, while the Air National Guard 
operates common utilities and the state provides fire protection.

The partnership is aimed at not only maintaining the Coast Guard's 
presence at the base, but possibly expanding it for homeland security or 
training purposes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/22/state_feds_agree_to_keep_coast_guard_at_otis_air_base/

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