Base Visit Book - Patrick Air Force Base, FL Realignment Recommendations prepared for Commissioner James H. Bilbray on 09 June 2005 DoD RECOMMENDATION is to realign Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, FL, by relocating Nuclear Test and Evaluation at the Naval Ordnance Test Unit to Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, Kings Bay, GA. DoD JUSTIFICATION is that it realigns the stand-alone east coast facility working in full-scale Nuclear Test and Evaluation at Cape Canaveral into a fully supported Navy nuclear operational site at Kings Bay to gain synergy in security (anti-terrorism force protection), fleet operational support and mission support infrastructure. Recent changes in anti-terrorism force protection requirements, the recent establishment of the Western Test Range in the Pacific, and the programmatic decision to no longer require land based (pad) launches at Cape Canaveral all lead to the realignment/relocation of this function to Kings Bay, GA

Audio log for a recording of an interview with Scott Young, third generation Army and UNT ROTC instructor. In the interview Young discusses his experiences as a student ROTC cadet at University of Florida, his deployment in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, and Baghdad, and teaching cadets at the University of North Texas.