[CPEO-MEF] New Jersey "super base"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soon, three will be one: N.J. bases will be merging
It's not just the manpower; there are three distinct cultures. And it's 
his job to make it work seamlessly.

By Edward Colimore
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 18, 2006

Nobody has ever attempted this.

The commander of South Jersey's newly designated "super base" must 
transform three vastly different defense installations with more than 
22,000 military and civilian employees into one smooth, cost-effective 
operation.

He has to take McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and Lakehurst Naval Air 
Engineering Station, each with its own services and long traditions, and 
make them work together efficiently.

But Air Force Col. Frederick "Rick" H. Martin, now a kind of CEO over 
the project, said yesterday that he's confident that the process is well 
under way and that the melded bases will help pave the way for the 
future of America's military.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/13650531.htm

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