DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - USA -0224 - Realign Fort Hood, TX by relocating a Brigade Combat Team, UEx Headquarters, and Sustainment Brigade to Fort Carson, CO.INCLUDES: Candidate Recommendation; Capacity Analysis; Military Value Analysis; Force Structure; COBRA Reports; Economic Impact Report(Criterion 6); Installation Profile(Criterion 7); Environmental Impact (Criterion 8) INSTALLATIONS Fort Hood; Fort Carson;

This report discusses federal government funding for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.

The Future Combat System (FCS) is the U.S. Army’s multiyear, multibillion dollar program at the heart of the Army’s transformation efforts. The FCS program exists in a dynamic national security environment which could significantly influence the program’s outcome. The FCS is experiencing a number of program development issues - with some technologies advancing quicker than anticipated, others progressing along predicted lines, while still others not meeting the Army’s expectations. Congress, in its authorization, appropriation, and oversight roles may wish to review the FCS program in terms of its capabilities and program costs.

Report by the Texas Military Value Task Force describing an evaluation of military installations in Texas and recommendations based on their work to "seek advice to prepare for possible actions by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) by identifying strategies, policies, plans, projects and other ways to improve or add military value installations" (p. 4).

This report addresses the program and the problems of Vietnamization.

Base Input - Anniston Army Depot (Part 1 of 4). Contains briefings regarding Anniston Army Depot.

Contains Active Duty and Guard (Training Active Duty Personnel) information

This report provides the following elements: An overview of the SFA rationale focused primarily on Department of Defense support for and relations with foreign security forces. Description of the possible employment of U.S. conventional forces and platforms in support of the SFA mission. Exploration of current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Resident training capability in U.S. forces as a tool for geographic combatant commanders. Issues Congress may consider. The report summarizes congressional reaction to SFA proposals and provides a detailed account of the issues raised by SFA concepts and programs.

Contains notes and research from Art Beauchamp's base visit to Ellsworth AFB, SD

General Counsel - Recusals.

Report that discusses and assesses the War Powers Resolution and its application since enactment in 1973, providing detailed background on various cases in which it was used, as well as cases in which issues of its applicability were raised.

Commissioner's Notes - Commissioner Newton Bed Down Drafts (Part 1 of 2).

Public Affairs - Final Deliberations, 8/24 - 8/27, 2005. Media packet for the Final Deliberations.

Contains technical review from the Final Deliberations hearing

General Counsel - Air National Guard Legal Documents and Related Materials (Part 1 of 2).

Contains final deliberations from Army Team Analyst Elizabeth Bieri regarding Red River Army Depot, TX

General Counsel - Final Deliberations, Technical Corrections and Drafts.

Memo on proposed changes to the rules of a Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC).

First part of the final report of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) analyzing the recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) regarding 160 military installations. This volume includes the executive summary for the project and four chapters regarding the Commission's work: 1. Commission Findings & Recommendations, 2. Issues for Further Consideration, 3. Previous Experience with Base Closures, and 4. The 2005 BRAC Process. Additional material is published in the appendices (Volume 2).