Military Bases: Letters and Requests Received on Proposed Closures and
Realignments (Letter Report, 05/09/95, GAO/NSIAD-95-133S).

This is a supplement to GAO's 1995 report on military base closures and
realignments (GAO/NSIAD-95-133).  Many interested parties, including
Members of Congress, sent GAO correspondence on base closures.  In some
instances, the letters and the material provided useful leads.  In other
cases, the material added support to issues that GAO was actively
pursuing.  GAO could not follow up on many of the points raised because
of the limited time available to GAO.  However, GAO believes that the
letters and the materials may be helpful to the Base Closure and
Realignment Commission in making future decisions.  Consequently, GAO is
providing all the letters and the materials to the Commission. This
supplement contains copies of the letters and some of the materials.

--------------------------- Indexing Terms -----------------------------

 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-95-133S
     TITLE:  Military Bases: Letters and Requests Received on Proposed 
             Closures and Realignments
      DATE:  05/09/95
   SUBJECT:  Base closures
             Base realignments
             Military downsizing
             Military bases
             Cost effectiveness analysis
             Federal facility relocation
             Site selection
             Federal agency reorganization
             Defense cost control
             Defense capabilities

             
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Supplement to a Report to the Congress and the Chairman, Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission

May 1995

MILITARY BASES - LETTERS AND
REQUESTS RECEIVED ON PROPOSED
CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS

GAO/NSIAD-95-133S

Military Bases

(709059)


Abbreviations
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  DOD - Department of Defense
  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Management

Letter
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B-261174

May 9, 1995

To the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives

The Honorable Alan J.  Dixon
Chairman, Defense Base Closure and
 Realignment Commission

This is a supplement to our report entitled Military Bases:  Analysis
of DOD's 1995 Process and Recommendations for Closure and Realignment
(GAO/NSIAD-95-133, Apr.  14, 1995). 

Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, have sent us
correspondence on base closures.  Several of these letters were from
multiple requesters and included attachments of data, analyses,
and/or evaluations. 

In some instances, the letters and material provided useful leads. 
In other cases, the material added support to issues we were actively
pursuing.  We could not follow up on many of the issues or points
because of the limited time available to us.  However, we believe
that the letters and materials may be helpful to the Commission as it
considers the proposed closures and realignments.  Consequently, we
are providing all of the letters and materials to the Commission for
consideration.  Appendix I contains copies of the letters and some of
the materials we received. 

We are sending copies of this supplement to the Chairmen, Senate
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense; Senate
Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on National Security; House Committee on National
Security; individual Members of Congress; the Secretaries of Defense,
the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; and the Directors of the
Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Investigative Service.  We
will make copies available to others on request. 

This supplement was prepared under the direction of David R.  Warren,
Director of Defense Management and NASA Issues, who may be reached on
(202) 512-8412 if you or your staff have any questions concerning its
contents. 

Charles A.  Bowsher
Comptroller General
of the United States


CONTENTS
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   LETTER
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   APPENDIX I
   LETTER AND OTHER MATERIAL
   RECEIVED ON PROPOSED BASE
   CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS
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Letter from the Honorable Harold E.  Ford, 8
the Honorable Bill Frist, the Honorable
Fred Thompson, the Honorable Blanche
Lincoln, the Honorable Ed Bryant,
and the Honorable John Tanner, Members of
Congress, dated February 28, 1995,
regarding the Defense Distribution Depot
Memphis, Tennessee

Letter from the Honorable Wendell Ford, the 10
Honorable Lee Hamilton, the Honorable
Mike Ward, the Honorable Mitch McConnell,
and the Honorable Ron Lewis, Members of
Congress, dated March 7, 1995, regarding
the Navy's handling of data call responses
pertaining to the Naval Ordnance Station,
Louisville, Kentucky

Letter from the Honorable Harold Ford, 12
Member of Congress, dated March 7, 1995,
regarding the impact on minorities at
depots the Defense Logistics Agency
considered for closure

Letter from the Honorable Edward J.  Markey,13
Member of Congress, dated March 20, 1995,
regarding the Army's decision pertaining
to the U.S.  Army Research, Development, and
Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts

Letter from the Honorable Harold E.  Ford, Member 14
of Congress, dated March 22, 1995, regarding
the Defense Logistics Agency's process for
scoring military value on the Defense
Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

FAX letter received from a representative 16
of the Federal Managers Association,
on March 24, 1995, regarding the Defense
Logistics Agency's decision to disestablish
the Defense Industrial Supply Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Ted Stevens, Member 19
of Congress, dated March 29, 1995,
regarding the proposed realignment of
Fort Greely, Alaska

Letter from the Honorable Robert A.  Borski, 20
Member of Congress, dated March 30, 1995,
regarding the Defense Logistics Agency's
decision to disestablish the Defense Industrial
Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Robert A.  Borski, 22
Member of Congress, dated April 4, 1995,
regarding the Navy's decision to close the
Naval Air Technical Services Facility,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Robert A.  Borski, 25
Member of Congress, dated April 5, 1995,
regarding the Navy's recommendation to close
the Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit
Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and relocate the activity to Naval Aviation
Depot, North Island, California

Letter from Timothy R.  Rupli, President, Defense 27
Realignment Advisors, dated April 6, 1995,
regarding the Army Depot Systems Command's
methodology for Army maintenance depot
downsizing

Letter from the Honorable Conrad R.  Burns, 28
Chairman, Military Construction Subcommittee,
Senate Committee on Appropriations, dated
April 7, 1995, regarding the proposed
realignment of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana

Letter from the Honorable James V.  Hansen, Member 29
of Congress, dated April 7, 1995, regarding
the consolidation of tactical missile
maintenance

Letter from Mr.  J.W.  Wheeler, Hudson Institute, 30
dated April 9, 1995, regarding the proposed
closure of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft
Division, Indianapolis, Indiana

Letter from the Honorable Christopher H.  Smith, 31
the Honorable H.  James Saxton, the Honorable
Bill Bradley, and the Honorable Frank
Lautenberg, Members of Congress, dated
April 10, 1995, regarding the Naval Air Warfare
Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey,
and the Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst,
New Jersey

Letter from the Honorable Fred Thompson and the 34
Honorable Bill Frist, Members of Congress,
dated April 10, 1995, regarding the
recommended closure of the Defense
Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

Letter from the Honorable Richard Gephardt, the 36
Honorable William Clay, the Honorable
Harold L.  Volkmer, the Honorable
Christopher S.  Bond, and the Honorable John
Ashcroft, Members of Congress, dated April 11,
1995, regarding the Army's recommendation
to disestablish the Aviation and Troop
Command, St.  Louis, Missouri. 

Letter from the Honorable Dianne Feinstein and 42
the Honorable Barbara Boxer, Members of
Congress, dated April 11, 1995, regarding
the realignment of Onizuka Air Station,
California

Letter from the Honorable Anna G.  Eshoo and 45
the Honorable Norman Y.  Mineta, Members of
Congress, dated April 12, 1995, regarding
the realignment of the 750th Space Group
from Onizuka Air Force Station, California,
and the 129th Rescue Group from Moffett
Federal Airfield, California

Letter from the Honorable David L.  Hobson, 48
Member of Congress, dated April 14, 1995,
regarding GAO's April 14, 1995, report on the
base closure and realignment process and the
Springfield-Beckley Air National Base, Ohio

Letter from the Honorable Dan Burton, the 49
Honorable Andy Jacobs, and the Honorable
David McIntosh, Members of Congress, dated
April 25, 1995, regarding the closure
recommendation pertaining to the Naval Air
Warfare Center, Indianapolis, Indiana




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