I am very concerned about the BRAC Commission's decision to close Cannon Air Force Base. * I do not believe the Commission is fully aware of the unique attributes that Cannon offers to our national defense. These include an abundance of air space and no encroachment issues, a bombing range that is only seconds away, the airspace to fly at supersonic speeds, and ideal year-round flying weather, among many others. In addition to the military value to the nation, Cannon has been supported over the last 50 hears by the local communities like no other in the country. We consider Cannon a part of our family. The closure of Cannon will also have a devastating impact on our economy. It has been estimated that the area will lose at least 20 percent of its workforce, plus the ripple effect that we will have on our public and higher education systems. Please reconsider all the facts before making your final decision.

I am very concerned about the Department of Defense's recommendation that Cannon Air Force Base should be closed. Cannon Air Force Base should not be on the BRAC closure list for many reasons. Listed below are just a few reasons on why Cannon Air Force should not be on the list: Cannon does not fit the criteria provided for base closure. The weather in Eastern New Mexico provides year round training ability. Cannon has the space and facilities to accommodate joint war-fighting, training, and readiness as was evidenced by the recent joint training effort between Cannon and the US Navy.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/2005 to all Commissioners from John McNeil, Chairman of the Clovis/Cannon Chapter of Ducks Unlimited expressing his support for keeping Cannon AFB open.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/2005 to all Commissioners from W.H. Greig, President of the Hartley House that provides services for victims of domestic violence. Mr. Greig expresses his support for keeping Cannon AFB open.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/12/2005 to all Commissioners from Joseph Thomas, Regional Vice President of Geico, expressing his support to keep Naval Air Station Oceana open.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/14/2005 to all Commissioners from Frederick Nance summarizing the main points in his testimony given at the regional BRAC hearing in Buffalo, NY

I urge you to overturn the Department of Defense's BRAC recommendation to close Cannon Air Force Base. Cannon Air Force Base should not be on the BRAC closure list for many reasons. I've listed some of the key reasons below: Cannon does not fit the criteria provided for base closure. Cannon has an abundance of air space and no encroachment issues. This provides for safer and more realistic training scenarios for pilots.

Community Correspondence - In realization of the enormous task the BRAC Commission has been given; please accept this input. No one wants to have "their" local military base to close; your decisions will not be popular regardless of what closure decision you make. Therefore the decision needs to be based on something other than politics. Please consider these important facts regarding Cannon Air Force Base: 1. Clovis and Portales, NM are VERY small communities; the total population for both counties (per 2002 census) is only 63,062. The resulting economic impact from closure would be devastating simply due to the large economic impact Cannon has on these two small communities. We do not have lots of other industry and due to our location it is doubtful that other compensating industries can be developed. 2. The local weather conditions and the proximity to what is known locally as the Melrose bombing range (located between Ft. Sumner and Clovis south of Melrose) allows for y

Community Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/12/2005 to all Commissioners from William Holloran expressing his support for Naval Air Station Oceana stating reasons for keeping the base open.

Community Correspondence - I am deeply troubled by the Defense Department's recommendation to close the Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Base. This recommendation is a terrible mistake and I urge the BRAC Commission to reverse this decision and remove the Niagara Falls Base from the list. It is hard to understand why the Air Force has decided to take planes, missions, and jobs away from so many Air Guard and Air Reserve bases and put them on more costly Active Duty bases. Of all the bases to pick to close, how do you close the base whose unit was able to help rescue Jessica Lynch in Iraq because they are the lead night vision C-130 unit in the Reserves?

Community Correspondence - 753 letters from the citizens in the surrounding community of Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Base

Approximately 350 Letters from concerned citzens regarding the proposed closure of NSWC Crane and CAAA

Community Correspondence - 181 Form letters from concerned citizens of communities around Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The first 3 letters are representative of the different types of form letters that may be found in this document.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding active duty air cargo C-130

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Air Force LSC/CIRF Initiatives

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Army Ammunition Plants

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding assuming MDA moves to Redstone Arsenal, AL

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding BOS cost for ARPC

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Buckley Annex

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding C4ISR information systems

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding C4ISR Maritime Information Systems

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding Closure of Reston 1, 2 and 3

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding COBRA run that realigns HRSC-Northeast by relocating the Civilian Personnel Office to HRSC-Southeast

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding consolidate Air and Space C4ISR Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation