Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding the closure of the Navy Broadway complex property in San Diego.

NMC32 Comm Input NMCNAWS China Lake CA

Response to the testimony by Ventura County at the hearing July 19, 2005.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

The BRAC Military Value analysis and scoring of NSWC Detachment Fallbrook, Marine Corps Programs Division (MCPD) appears technically correct based on the criteria and methods used. MCPD scored highest in Weapons Technology T&E, and lowest in Weapons Technology D&A. However, the end results do not present an accurate account of how the operating forces (in particular the Marine Corps and the Special Operations Command (SOCOM)) will be negatively affected by the proposed relocation of MCPD to Picatinny Arsenal.

Document included provides analysis of the Los Angeles AFB and Air Force Space and Missle Systems Center. Including costs and savings resulting from the closure from the closure and realignment of LA AFB functions.

A report about volcano response plans. It discusses a four-level color code with successive conditions. For instance, green means no risk while red means an eruption is occurring.

The following report describes the Astron Thermonuclear Program initiated at Livermore, California in 1957.

From Abstract: "This report is one of a sequence of quarterly reports, each designed to up-date its predecessor beginning with HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests." Herein are reported data which have accrued since HASL-51. In particular, the levels of strontium 90 in fallout, milk, tap water, vegetation, and foods are given, based on data available from November 1, 1958 to January 30, 1959."

Community Correspondence - This letter was submitted along with the book of "The Systematic Approach to Machine Design" by Ron Spencer, P.E., Published by Xlibris, 2004.

Patent for a device that affixes to automobile wheels to provide tire traction and prevent skidding.

Patent for a safety lamp-burner, which extinguishes itself when the lamp is tipped over.