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

Memorandum of meeting with community representatives regarding Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Memorandum of meeting with congressional and community representatives regarding BRAC's Military Value Assessment of Fort Smith, AR.

Memorandum of meeting with congressional and community representatives regarding support for the BRAC Gainer Recommendation with respect to Little Rock AFB, AR.

Letter to the Department of Defense Clearinghouse from the BRAC Commission: Letter requesting information regarding BRAC's 1991, 1993, and 1995 regarding a move of technical personnel.

Letter to the Department of Defense Clearinghouse from the BRAC Commission: Letter requesting information regarding COBRA files related to work on whether submarine communications to adjust the shift in emphasis from open sea operations to littoral operations is a critical one and whether moving work and facilities in the communications would delay that work.

Letter to Department of Defense Clearinghouse from the BRAC Commission: Letter requesting recommendations which are comprised of multiple parts that show a total savings, but the individual parts may reflect losses.

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 07/05/05 Charlie Battaglia from Mrs. Connie Wachsmuth of OASD(LA) providing answers to questions 4, 6, 7, and 12.

Attached is a memo from the Army Team Leader, regarding a request to comment on Maneuver Letterkenny Army Depot related topics.

Attached is a PowerPoint presenation, which is the supplemental meterial to a memo from the Army Team Leader regarding a request to comment on Maneuver Letterkenny Army Depot related topics.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: E-mail correspondence from the BRAC Commission to the DoD Clearinghouse reagrding the cost of transit to Melrose after the recommended closure of Cannon Air Force Base. 1)When identifying the cost of closing Cannon, did the Air Force consider the additional cost of returning to the Melrose Training Complex for range training from bases other than Cannon AFB verses the cost of flying the 17 miles to the Melrose Range from Cannon AFB? 2)Please provide the available ramp space for Hill AFB, Shaw AFB, Luke AFB, and Cannon Air Force Bases that is aadequate for parking and oeprations by A-10 and F-16 fighters. Please indicate if the ramps noted are restricted to only fighter aircraft or is large enough for airlift/tanker aircraft. (Attached document is the DoD Clearinghouse response)

Disregard restriction header and footer - BRAC 2005 Meeting minutes of the JCSG dated 24 March 2005

A 568 page petition signed by approximately 10,458 American Citizens that live in the Great State of Ohio consisting of their printed name, county of residence, and their signature. The petition states they are opposed to the B.R.A.C (Base Realignment and Closure) Act that proposes to close the 179AW Mansfield, Ohio.

Executive Correspondence – Fax dtd 05/07/05 to Commission senior analyst Brad McCree from LtCol Currier forwarding the data to be presented at the 07/06/05 Regional Hearing by the 103rd Fighter Wing in East Granby CT.

Executive Correspondence - Fax from Mass. State Senator Therese Murray to the Commission dtd 5 July 2005. The fax is a letter concerning the closure of Otis Air National Guard Base.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/16/05 to the Commission from NY State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt expressing his concern at the proposed closure of Niagara Falls AFB.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/22/05 from the Reno Air Racing Association, Inc. in support of the Nevada ANG.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/26/05 to Chairman Principi from Senators Gregg, Snowe, Collins, and Sununu, as well as Representatives Allen, bass, Bradley and Michaud providing statistical data on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s performance on submarine maintenance availabilities in the 2001-2004 timeframe.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/27/05 to Chairman Principi from Representative Jo Ann Davis (1st, VA) discussing the issue of inaccuracies in the DoD recommendations with regard to the two recommendations for Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from James Palmer, Chairman of the Allegany County NY Board of Legislators, expressing his concern regarding the proposed closure of Niagara Falls AFB and requesting that it be removed from the list.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from NY State Senator John DeFrancisco requesting an independent review by the BRAC Commission of DoD’s recommendation concerning Niagara Falls AFB.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from Representative LaTourette (14th, OH) explaining how DFAS Cleveland is being penalized by DoD for not meeting AT standards that are 4 years from taking effect.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce support of DoD’s recommendation to expand Hanscom AFB and preserve the Soldier Systems Center-Natick.

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/30/05 from the Association of Old Crows (AOC ) Executive Director Donald Richetti explaining the AOC’s concern with the potential negative impact of the BRAC to the ability of DoD to develop and support Electronic Warfare (EW) systems and enclosing three position papers from AOC chapters documenting their different concerns regarding Point Mugu CA, Ft. Monmouth NJ, and Crane IN.