2005 BRAC COMMISSION REGIONAL HEARING THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2005 SHERATON NATIONAL HOTEL, ARLINGTON, VA. STATE TESTIFYING: VIRGINIA Reported by: Megan McKenzie, RPR

2005 BRAC COMMISSION REGIONAL HEARING AFTERNOON SESSION SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C., SUBJECT: EAST COAST MASTER JET BASE/NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA

Contains notes and research (NVSED) Ft. Belvoir, VA, by Wes Hood of the ARMY Team.

Contains notes and research (Fenner Milton remarks) NVSED Ft. Belvoir, VA, by Wes Hood of the ARMY Team.

Contains notes and research of Base Visits and COBRA Data by Navy Team Analyst Hal Tickle regarding NAVSTA Norfolk, VA

BRAC Commissioner's Notes - Commissioner Gehman - Oceana Naval Air Station, VA Regional Hearing

Oceana NAS Regional Hearing, Media Briefing materials and talking points for Commissioners. 4 August 05. Hearing took place in US Senate Buildings, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.

2005 BRAC COMMISSION REGIONAL HEARINGS THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2005 1:01 PM, WASHINGTON, D.C. STATES TESTIFYING: VIRGINIA (OCEANA NAVAL AIR STATION)

Letter from David Stallman to Helen and Fran about the "Fly Girls of World War II" exhibit at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

Interview with landscape architect and Army veteran William Garbo Sr. The interview includes Garbo's personal experiences about the G Troop, 112th Cavalry, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World-War II, growing up in an Italian-American family in Mississippi during the Great Depression, volunteering for the draft and processing at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, basic training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, being assigned to the 26th War Dog Platoon and to New Guinea in 1944, the Battle of the Driniumor River and his attachment to elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, jungle patrols on New Guinea with his dog, his transfer to Troop, 112th Cavalry and the invasion of Layte, Philippines, and the living condition in the Philippine jungles. Additionally, Garbo speaks about the fighting prowess of his comrades in the 112th Cavalry, jungle patrols on Leyte and Luzon, the 112th's activities around Marungko and Antipolo, Luzon, descriptions of cannibalism by Japanese soldiers, his wounds from artillery shrapnel and evacuation by helicopter, his return to the 112th Cavalry and preparations for the invasion of Japan, witnessing the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, occupation duty at Tateyama, Honshu, relations between Japanese civilians and American occupation troops, the destruction of Japanese defensive fortifications …

Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Pilot Richard Dale as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Dale's personal experiences of childhood, education at Baylor University and Texas A&M, attending training at Camp Pendleton, California, Quantico, Virginia, and officer candidate school. Additionally, Dale talks about his decision to enter the Marines aviation program, his assignments to various naval air stations, the particulars of "tailhook" aviation, and his civilian career with Northwest Airlines. The interview also includes an appendix with a photograph and an active duty summary.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.