[CPEO-MEF] North Dakota Air National Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This article has significance beyond North Dakota. While much of the
discussion of the upcoming base closure round has focused on large bases
used primarily by "active" forces, it is likely that Air Force will use
this the base closure process to re-align Air National Guard units,
co-locating them with active Air Force units. - LS]


GFAFB defender questions report on Air Guard
Marshall: not so sure of area's inability to take on Fargo fighter wing
if deemed necessary

By David Dodds
Grand Forks Herald (ND)
February 25, 2005

The man leading the fight to save Grand Forks' base from what he's
called the "mother of all base closure rounds" is questioning findings
of a consultant that there's not enough of a recruiting base to move a
Fargo-area fighter wing to Grand Forks.

John Marshall, a Grand Forks attorney and businessman, said he doesn't
want to get into a competition with other North Dakota communities that
have bases on the chopping block, but claims out of Fargo by a
consultant hired by the local save-the-base committee are hard to
believe given current realities of many guardsmen in the state.

The Spectrum Group, based in Virginia, said Wednesday that the military
should hold off on proposals to relocate Fargo's 119th Fighter Wing of
the North Dakota Air Guard to Grand Forks because the Air Guard wouldn't
muster the recruits needed to sustain the unit. Spectrum's study
compared 60-mile radii recruitment zones around Grand Forks and Fargo.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/10986527.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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