United States General Accounting Office

GAO Supplement to a Report to the Congressand the Chairman, Defense Base Closureand Realignment Commission

May 1995 MILITARY BASES

Letters and RequestsReceived on ProposedClosures andRealignments

GAO/NSIAD-95-133S

GAO United States

General Accounting Office

Washington, D.C. 20548

Comptroller General

of the United States

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May 9, 1995

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

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

This is a supplement to our report entitled Military Bases: Analysis of DOD’s1995 Process and Recommendations for Closure and Realignment(GAO/NSIAD-95-133, Apr. 14, 1995).

Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, have sent uscorrespondence on base closures. Several of these letters were frommultiple requesters and included attachments of data, analyses, and/orevaluations.

In some instances, the letters and material provided useful leads. In othercases, the material added support to issues we were actively pursuing. Wecould not follow up on many of the issues or points because of the limitedtime available to us. However, we believe that the letters and materialsmay be helpful to the Commission as it considers the proposed closuresand realignments. Consequently, we are providing all of the letters andmaterials to the Commission for consideration. Appendix I contains copiesof the letters and some of the materials we received.

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

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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 itscontents.

Charles A. BowsherComptroller Generalof the United States

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Appendix I Letter and OtherMaterial Received onProposed BaseClosures andRealignments

Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, 8the Honorable Bill Frist, the HonorableFred Thompson, the Honorable BlancheLincoln, the Honorable Ed Bryant,and the Honorable John Tanner, Members ofCongress, dated February 28, 1995,regarding the Defense Distribution DepotMemphis, Tennessee

Letter from the Honorable Wendell Ford, the 10Honorable Lee Hamilton, the HonorableMike Ward, the Honorable Mitch McConnell,and the Honorable Ron Lewis, Members ofCongress, dated March 7, 1995, regardingthe Navy’s handling of data call responsespertaining to the Naval Ordnance Station,Louisville, Kentucky

Letter from the Honorable Harold Ford, 12Member of Congress, dated March 7, 1995,regarding the impact on minorities atdepots the Defense Logistics Agencyconsidered for closure

Letter from the Honorable Edward J. Markey, 13Member of Congress, dated March 20, 1995,regarding the Army’s decision pertainingto the U.S. Army Research, Development, andEngineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts

Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, Member 14of Congress, dated March 22, 1995, regardingthe Defense Logistics Agency’s process forscoring military value on the DefenseDistribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

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

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

Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 20Member of Congress, dated March 30, 1995,regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’sdecision to disestablish the Defense IndustrialSupply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 25Member of Congress, dated April 5, 1995,regarding the Navy’s recommendation to closethe Naval Aviation Engineering Service UnitHeadquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,and relocate the activity to Naval AviationDepot, North Island, California

Letter from Timothy R. Rupli, President, Defense 27Realignment Advisors, dated April 6, 1995,regarding the Army Depot Systems Command’smethodology for Army maintenance depotdownsizing

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

Letter from the Honorable James V. Hansen, Member 29of Congress, dated April 7, 1995, regardingthe consolidation of tactical missilemaintenance

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

Letter from the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, 31the Honorable H. James Saxton, the HonorableBill Bradley, and the Honorable FrankLautenberg, Members of Congress, datedApril 10, 1995, regarding the Naval Air WarfareCenter Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey,and the Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst,New Jersey

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

Letter from the Honorable Richard Gephardt, the 36Honorable William Clay, the HonorableHarold L. Volkmer, the HonorableChristopher S. Bond, and the Honorable JohnAshcroft, Members of Congress, dated April 11,1995, regarding the Army’s recommendationto disestablish the Aviation and TroopCommand, St. Louis, Missouri.

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

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

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

Letter from the Honorable Dan Burton, the 49Honorable Andy Jacobs, and the HonorableDavid McIntosh, Members of Congress, datedApril 25, 1995, regarding the closurerecommendation pertaining to the Naval AirWarfare Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

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