Ladies and Gents, Your 2005 Base Closure List

[true_notes]

In the first round of military base closings since 1995 and the fifth round overall, the Pentagon has proposed closing 33 major domestic military installations and scaling down operations at 29 others (drying them out for the next round).Some 775 smaller bases--inluding numerous National Guard and reserve facilities--also would be closed or reduced in size under Defense Secretary DR's recommendations, with assets moving onto active duty bases. Some of the largest active duty bases that would be closed under the Pentagon plan, and the personnel it would affect.

I wonder how many civilians and small towns this will touch?


Elmendor AFB-1102 Alaska
Eielson AFB-2821 Alaska
Naval Medical Center San Diego 1596 California
Mountain Home AFB 538 Idaho
Grand Forks AFB 2290 North Dakota
Ellsworth AFB 3315 South Dakota
Cannon AFB-2385 New Mexico
Brooks City Army Post-1297 Texas
NSA New Orleans-1997 Louisiana
NSA Pascagoula 844 Missisippii
Fort Gillem 511 Georgia
Fort Mcpherson 2260 Georgia
NSA Atlanta 1274 Georgia
Fort Monroe 1393 North Carolina
NSA Willow Grove-865 Pennsylvania
Fort Monmouth 620 New Jersey
Submarine Base New London-7096 Connecticut

[roguevalley]

1. Elmendorf and Eielson? Crap.

[NMDemDist2]

2. I see the land of McCain and (gag) Kyl are safe from closures

more Red states than I thought I'd see though....

[sellitman]

3. That's Groton, Connecticut.

A Blue State. No wonder. This will hurt everyone in the Eastern portion of my State.

Glad to know we are spending Billions on building bases in Iraq though..... :sarcasm:

[biscotti]

4. South Dakota

Yeah, so much for John Thune are maybe he will vote against the regime on the important things.

[Lannes]

5. Red vs Blue state job loss