State Input (NJ) Regional Hearing 7-8-2005, Baltimore, MD. Rebuttal DoD BRAC recommendation regarding Fort Monmouth and its Fort Belvoir Elements

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jim Saxton (Rep 3rd, NJ) highlighting some important details about the relocation of navy and marine Corps reserve squadrons to McGuire AFB

Executive Correspondence - Letter and Resolution 194-05 adopted on 7 July 2005 by the upper Freehold Township Committee urging the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to reject the recommendation of the Pentagon to close Fort Monmouth.

Base Input - Report submitted to the commission from Fort Monmouth outlining the advantages of keeping Monmouth open.

Chemistry of Feed Materials. Studies were made of the first step in the reduction of UO/sub 3/ to UO/sub 2/. The rates of reduction of pelleted- hydrated and pelleted-dehydrated UO/sub 3/ to U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ in steam were determined. The rates of reduction of pelleted U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ to UO/sub 2/ in 1-to-1 ammonia-steam were determined. Some preliminary measurements were made on the thermal conductivities of hydrated and dehydrated UO/sub 3/ wafers. Purification of Th(NO/sub 3/)/sub 4/ for spectrographic standards is described. Uranium was extracted from MgF/sub 2/ slag with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate --bicarbonate using 0/sub 2/ at 30 psi as an oxidant. The conversion of thorium benzoate to ThCl/sub 4/ was carried out with HCl in ether. Dimethyl ether was prepared by the catalytic dehydration of methanol. The processing of UO/sub 3/ containing As contamination is described. Metallurgical Investigations. A process for stripping Af and Ni coatings from flat plates is described. Analytical Chemistry. The spectrographic determination of dysprosium and gadolinium in lanthanum oxide matrix--rare earth concentrate is described. (W.L.H.)

Base Input - Base Visit(2nd) to Fort Monmouth, NJ with the BRAC Commission. Includes a PowerPoint with charts, maps, statistics and a summary.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 7/6/2005 to the Chairman and all Commissioners from the Borough of Little Silver Deputy Borough Clerk Helen Gormley the regarding the enclosed Resolution opposing the proposed closure of Fort Monmouth.

Base Visit Report - Base visit report for Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 26 June 2005. Visit was conducted by Chairman Anthony J. Principi, the Honorable Lloyd Newton, R. Gary Dinsick, Wesley E. Hood, and Elizabeth C. Bieri.

Base Visit Input - Base input, Army, Forth Monmouth New Jersey, 2nd visit. CD also included in document.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Thomas Rogers, Borough of Rumson, NJ regarding the attached resolution in support of keeping Fort Monmouth open.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to all Commissioners and Charles Battaglia from Wayne Girardet, Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, NJ, enclosing a color copy of white paper previously given to the Commission in black & white that was difficult to decipher. The white paper discusses the 108th ARW.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/14/05 to Commissioner Coyle from Representative Rush Holt (12th, NJ) to follow-up on the questions raised at the hearing concerning Fort Monmouth. Attached is a short summary of calculations for recruitment and training costs, including our sources, assumptions, and methodology. Also attached is a listing of programs in use in Iraq that would be disrupted by a closure of Fort Monmouth.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/07/05 to Commission Navy Team associate analyst Michael Kessler from DDR&E in response to his request for information regarding the cost of moving all of Picatinny Arsenal to a Navy facility.

The concept of integrated C41SR is difficult to understand especially when considering how military C41SR systems fit together; how the technology becomes available for systems in development; how the systems are developed and provided to the field and how the systems are sustained in the field. Fort Monmouth's mission covers all of these aspects. The following definitions are provided to aid the reader in better understanding this rebuttal report.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone to the BRAC Commission regarding resolutions written by local townships surrounding Fort Monmouth.

Patent for a carbureter that vaporizes liquid fuel, specifically kerosene, for use as an explosive charge in an internal combustion engine.