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Base eyes anti-terrorism center
A new feasibility study proposes using the Upper Cape to train soldiers
for homeland security.

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
April 29, 2004

In its infancy during World War II, the Massachusetts Military
Reservation could house 30,000 soldiers.

Today it is home to National Guard, Coast Guard and Air Force
contingents as well as two million-dollar military cleanup programs.

Soon, there may be yet another reincarnation of the base: a
state-of-the-art regional center for anti-terrorism training.

A 230-page feasibility study released by the Massachusetts National
Guard yesterday laid out plans for a campus center complete with a
specialized urban operations building and indoor shoot house.

Details for how officials will make the Northeast Regional Training
Center for Homeland Defense/Homeland Security a reality are sketchy.
However, the Massachusetts National Guard has already put the federal
government on notice that they want $21 million for the first phase of
the plan.

The idea for the regional training center has met with support from
within the Guard, some local groups and U.S. Rep. William Delahunt,
D-Mass., who helped secure $1 million for the feasibility study.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/baseeyes29.htm

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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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