While we in Congress retain a right to review and reject the final recommendations in total, the commission is charged with reviewing and amending each recommendation to ensure the use of correct data, an accurate and substantiated assessment of cost savings, and---most importantly recommendations that advance the tenets of "military value" as clearly prescribed in law.

Mr. Chairman, members, and staff of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, the task you have before you is a difficult one, but essential to allow the Department of Defense to reduce their investment on unneeded facilities, thus freeing up resources for critical readiness requirements. You, and your colleagues who are not here today, are to be commended for the formidable challenge that you have assumed for the benefit of the American people and the men and women in uniform, the finest military in the world.

Brooks City Base, TX B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX E. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit F. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

Lackland Air Force Base, TX K. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit L. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit M. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Station Ingleside, TX N. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit o. Suggested Qs and As for Installation Visit P. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, CA B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Support Activity Corona, CA E. Suggested Taking Points for Installation Visit F. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL B. Suggested Talking Points C. Suggested Qs & As D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Ordinance Test Unit at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL E. Suggested Talking Points F. Suggested Qs & As G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA H. Suggested Talking Points I. Suggested Qs & As J. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Station Pascagoula, MS K. Suggested Talking Points L. Suggested Qs & As M. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, ND A. Media Advisory B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico A. Media Advisory B. Suggested T a h g Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

A. Media Advisory Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, NY B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sample of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Cleveland, OH E. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit F. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome, NY H. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit I. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit J. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC

This document provides information about, and analysis of, Los Angeles Air Force Base ("LA AFB) and its major tenant, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The report also provides analysis of the costs and savings resulting from closure and realignment of LA AFB functions.

This report briefly surveys decisions of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in affirmative action cases, an area where her opinions have frequently determined the outcome. An examination of Justice O'Connor's opinions reveals a gradual shift in perspective regarding the legal and constitutional standards to be applied in evaluating governmental affirmative action efforts, and the manner of their application in various legal and factual settings.

An examination of Justice O’Connor’s opinions reveals a gradual shift in perspective regarding the legal and constitutional standards to be applied in evaluating governmental affirmative action efforts, and the manner of their application in various legal and factual settings. This report briefly surveys decisions of retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in affirmative action cases, an area where her opinions have frequently determined the outcome.

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding Air Force consideration of costs to other federal agencies.

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Radiocarbon dating, with special reference to the modern bomb-curve, can provide useful information to elucidate the date of death of skeletonized human remains. Interpretation can be enhanced with analysis of different types of tissues within a single skeleton because of the known variability of formation times and remodeling rates. Analysis of radiocarbon content of teeth, especially the enamel in tooth crowns provides information about the date of formation in the childhood years and in consideration of the known timing of tooth formation can be used to estimate the birth date after 1950 A.D. Radiocarbon analysis of modern cortical and trabecular bone samples from the same skeleton may allow proper placement on the pre-1963 or post-1963 sides of the bomb-curve since most trabecular bone generally undergoes more rapid remodeling than does most cortical bone. Pre-1963 bone formation would produce higher radiocarbon values for most trabecular bone than for most cortical bone. This relationship is reversed for formation after 1963. Radiocarbon analysis was conducted in this study on dental, cortical and trabecular bone samples from two adult individuals of known birth (1925 and 1926) and death dates (1995 and 1959). As expected, the dental results correspond to pre-bomb bomb-curve values reflecting conditions …

Fort Hood, Texas is located approximately 60 miles north of Austin and 50 miles south of Waco. It is 63 years old and was established as a WW II training camp for the Army

Fort Sill, home of the Field Artillery since 1911, is a joint-service, multi-faceted installation that serves as the Army's Center of Excellence for Joint Fires and Effects. A critical sub-component of this concept is the establishment of a Net Fires Center pursuant to the Net Fires DOD BRAC recommendation.

The mission of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is to operate and maintain facilities and, provide services and materials which support the operations of customers and tenant commands.

Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana is located 20 minutes south of downtown New Orleans, and is home to VP-94, VFA-204, VR-54, Louisiana Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. When the base was redesignated in May 1994 to add "Joint Reseke Base," it broke the paradigm of Naval Air Station.

The installation is home base to Navy's Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation and provides services to DFAS Pensacola; DFAS Saufley Field; SPAWAR Detachment Pensacola; Center for information Dominance, Corry Station; Naval Operational medicine Institute; and Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Red River Army Depot -- located 18 miles west of Texarkana, Texas, in the northeast corner of Texas -- is one of our nation's largest defense depots in terms of people and workload with a combined population of almost 2,822 employees including tenants. The workforce on the Red River complex is drawn from throughout the Four States region -- Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.