2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 7 Oct 2007 20:40:04 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Selfridge Air National Guard Base (MI)
 
Selfridge gets new unit

100 border agents, 11 new aircraft make up DHS Northern Border Air Wing

By Chad Selweski
Macomb Daily (MI)
October 7, 2007

Selfridge Air National Guard Base will soon play a major role in patrolling the U.S.-Canadian border, serving as home for federal agents deploying air and water craft to nab drug smugglers, gun runners and illegal aliens.

The Department of Homeland Security has chosen Selfridge as one of its Northern Border Air Wing installations, with plans to bring 100 border agents and 11 new aircraft to the Harrison Township base.

According to the DHS, the new contingent will beef up the Customs and Border Protection crew that scours 863 miles of land and water along the border in the "Detroit sector." The Selfridge-based agents will work with state and local law enforcement on border security.

...

With the 520-acre Army garrison shutting down under the Pentagon's base-closure process, a developer has been chosen to revamp more than 600 acres at Selfridge. Communities by Betzak of Farmington Hills will develop housing for military retirees, privatize the base's 18-hole golf course, and construct office, research and development, and light-industrial facilities. The project, which will go forward next year, will entail demolition of the aging officers' quarters on the base's lakefront.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/100707/loc_selfridge001.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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