Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding fighter pilots in the Air National Guard.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a quetion from the BRAC Commission regarding Air National Guard units impacted by BRAC (spreadsheet).

Collection of BRAC related news articles and clippings. Produced for Commission staff review.

Community Input – Army Fort Dix – NJ including a Review of Impletation Plan for Fort Dix, NJ, email correspondence concerning Fort Dix and a letter from Charles Horn COL, MC concerning the Future Medical Support Staffing at Fort Dix.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding a need to Consolidate Air and Space C4ISR Research, Development & Acquisition, Test and Evaluation (page TECH-6 of TJCSG recommendations).

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: Brief to the Commission: Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Cost of Base Realignment Actions (COBRA)

DOD Input - Maps showing Distance of Medical Facilities in Anchorage Area

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a question from the BRAC Commission regarding the impact of BRAC on Air Force Active Guard Reserve Force Mix.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe L. Ware, Sr. He was born in 1924 in Nederland, Texas. After working on B-24 bombers at the Consolidated Aircraft Company in San Diego, California, he returned to Texas and joined the Navy when he was nineteen-years-old. He went to Machinist School; was transported to the Pacific region on the USS Wharton (AP-7); and assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45) in New Hebrides. He describes his typical duties as a machinist on the battleship. He talks about the bombardment and support for the invasion of Tarawa as well as Kwajalein. He mentions that the ship was hit twenty-two times by the shore battery at Tinian. He also speaks of kamikaze attacks at Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf as well as shells hitting the bridge at Luzon. He mentions being under constant fire at Okinawa. He was on the bridge of the USS Colorado in Tokyo Bay when the peace treaty was signed. He remained on the ship while it transported troops home from the Pacific. He explains the meaning of a Homer Brown pennant. He was discharged in January 1946. The interview also contains information about his …

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a question from the BRAC Commission regarding B-1s.