[CPEO-IRF] Cecil Field (FL) won't get Oceana (VA) jets

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Department of Defense News Release
No. 099-07
January 26, 2007
DoD Inspector General Reports Naval Air Station Cecil Field Status

Today, the Department of Defense acting inspector general, Thomas 
Gimble, notified the President and Congress that the State of Florida 
had not met the requirements of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
(BRAC) Commission regarding the relocation of the East Coast Master Jet 
Base from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., to Naval Air Station Cecil 
Field in Jacksonville, Fla.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 authorized 
the independent Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission to 
conduct a round of installation reviews, realignments, and closures to 
begin in 2005. These actions by the BRAC Commission are to transform 
military infrastructure in order to maximize warfighting capability and 
improve financial efficiency. The process is governed by law, 
specifically the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

The notification by the inspector general is required by Recommendation 
# 193 of the 2005 BRAC Report. In his notification to the President and 
Congress, Gimble stated, “Because the State of Florida did not take the 
actions required in Recommendation #193, I am not able to certify 
compliance with the BRAC criteria.”

The inspector general’s report can be accessed at the following Web site 
at http://www.dodig.osd.mil/Audit/reports/index.html .



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For the entire article, see
http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10451

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Lenny Siegel
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