Coalition Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/2005 to Chairman Principi from Ronald Merritt, President DeTect, Inc. regarding safety issues at NAS Oceana and NAS Cecil Field.

Community Correspondence - Letter from an individual expressing his thoughts about the recommendation to close Eglin Air Force Base in NW Florida

Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - 2nd Visit - 8/19/05

LtGen Richard L. Kelly, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (I&L), met with members of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, including Jim Overton, Office of the Property Appraiser, Jacksonville, Fl; Lad Daniels, President Jacksonville City Council; John H. Haley, Vice President, Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce; Steve Kaufman, Public Relations, President, Jacksonville Navy League; Gary Brose, SAIC (Business Development); Dan McCarthy, City of Jacksonville, Herschel Vinyard, Atlantic Marine; Joe 07Conor, Earl Industries; Kellie Vo Kilberg, Clay County Chamber; Jacquelyn Smith, District Director, Congressman Ander Crenshaw; Mary Alice Phelan, St Vincent's Health System; Gary Donoher, AD&D Inc.; and Leigh Bradley of Holland & Knight LLP on 11 February 2004, at 1445 in Suite 6600, NCl. Captain James A. Noel, USMC, IAT Recorder, was also present. The delegation indicated that they had also met with RADM Chris Weaver, USN, Commander Navy Installations and Ms.

Follow up letter from John Gallagher praising the team for their monumental effort during the BRAC process

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Jeb Bush offering a proposal to reopen NAS Cecil Field.

Remove restriction header and footer - Mr. H. T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environment (ASN (BE)), met with members of the Miami-Dade community delegation, including Katy Sorenson, Vice Chair, Board of County Commissioners, County Commissioner, District 8; Juan Carlos Bermudez, Mayor, City of Doral; Theodore H. Bornstein, and Jeffrey S. Newman, Foley & Lardner, LLP; and Captain James A. Noel, USMC, IAT Recorder at 0900 in Room 4B552 at the Pentagon on 16 June 2004.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Major General Douglas Burnett, Adjutant General of the Florida National Guard, in support of relocating the Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base to NAS Cecil Field and contesting certain testimony alleging that air space in the area was significantly restricted by commercial air traffic.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/22/05 to Chairman Principi from Colleen Castille, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, stating that the environmental condition of the Cecil Field property has substantially improved since 1993 and should not deter, or prevent the Navy from relocating its East Coast Master Jet Base there.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/23/05 to Chairman Principi from W. Craig Fugate, Director of the Florida Department of Community Affairs, as well as Ben Nelson, Florida State Meteorologist—Florida Division of Emergency Management, discussing the relative vulnerability to hurricanes and storm surge of NAS Oceana and NAS Cecil Field.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from George A. Bush, Clay County Board of Commissioners Regarding NAS Cecil Field and the benefits afforded by the Installation

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Florida Governor Jeb Bush - Proposal to Reopen NAS Cecil Field to serve as the location for the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet Master Jet Base and copy of letter from Florida Legislators Tom Lee and Allan Bense expressing support for looking at the issue of ceil Field as a replacement to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Jacksonville, Florida Mayor John Peyton Regarding the Redevelopment of Cecil Field into a Master Jet Base w/ attachment :cost data for Cecil Field, environmental data, accident data, school data for Duval County, hurricane data for the East Coast, bird accident strike hazard for Cecil Field and NAS Oceana

Base Input - Naval Air Station Pensacola FL - Briefing Slides

Disregard restriction header and footer - Mr. Wayne Arny, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environment (ASN (I&E)), met with Ms. Tilly Fowler, former Congresswoman (R-FL), Mr. John Peyton, Mayor, Jacksonville, FL, and Mr. Dan McCarthy, Director of Military Affairs for the City of Jacksonville in room 4D573 at the Pentagon at 1145 on 15 February 2005. In addition, Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (IS&A) was also present.

During the Base Closure and Realignment Commission's Regional Hearing at New Orleans on 22 July, several members of the Florida delegation suggested relocating the Navy's east coast Master Jet Base, presently at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia, to Cecil Field. You, however, did not mention the possibility of such a move in your remarks.

With the support of Governor Bush, I am writing to request an opportunity to present information to the BRAC Commission relative to the, possible return of military operation to Cecil Field.

Executive Correspondence - Governor Bush's (Florida) response dated August 1, 2005, to Chairman Principi's letter (e-library DCN 6129) requesting information in regards to relocating the Master Jet Base from Oceana to Cecil Field.

Mayor John Peyton (Jacksonville, Florida) in a letter dated July 29, 2005, provides the Commission with details on improvements to the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field and the facility's readiness to house the Master Jet Base currently at NAS Oceana.

Executive Correspondence - Letter to the Commission from Jacksonville Florida Mayor John Peyton informing the Commission of important information regarding steps taken to improve the infrastructure at Cecil Field since the Military Departed in 1999 and estimate of the cost to reestablish military operations at the facility

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida Criterion 7 tables and summaries for demographics, child care, cost of living, education, employment, housing, medical providers, safety/crime, transportation, and utilities.

Meeting to obtain information on community position with regard to DoD's recommendation to relocate NOTU to the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, Kings Bay, GA

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/05/05 to Chairman Principi from Representative Jeff Miller (1st, FLA) providing information from the Pensacola community to complement their analysis of the DoD recommendation to consolidate Officer Training Command (OTC) Pensacola with OTC Newport. This is in addition to the information previously submitted at the BRAC Commission regional hearing on 07/22/05 in New Orleans.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/08/05 to Chairman Principi from FLA Representatives Ander Crenshaw and Cliff Stearns writing in support of Jacksonville’s Cecil Field along with OLF Whitehouse as a viable alternative to NAS Oceana and OLF Fentress as a master jet base.