United States General Accounting Office

GAO Supplement to a Report to the Congress

and the Chairman, Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Commission

May 1995 MILITARY BASES

Letters and Requests

Received on Proposed

Closures and

Realignments

GAO/NSIAD-95-133S

GAO United States

General Accounting Office

Washington, D.C. 20548

Comptroller General

of the United States

B-261174 

May 9, 1995

To the President of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives

The Honorable Alan J. Dixon

Chairman, Defense Base Closure and

 Realignment Commission

This is a supplement to our report entitled Military Bases: Analysis of DOD’s

1995 Process and Recommendations for Closure and Realignment

(GAO/NSIAD-95-133, Apr. 14, 1995).

Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, have sent us

correspondence on base closures. Several of these letters were from

multiple requesters and included attachments of data, analyses, and/or

evaluations.

In some instances, the letters and material provided useful leads. In other

cases, the material added support to issues we were actively pursuing. We

could not follow up on many of the issues or points because of the limited

time available to us. However, we believe that the letters and materials

may be helpful to the Commission as it considers the proposed closures

and realignments. Consequently, we are providing all of the letters and

materials to the Commission for consideration. Appendix I contains copies

of the letters and some of the materials we received.

We are sending copies of this supplement to the Chairmen, Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense; Senate

Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Appropriations,

Subcommittee on National Security; House Committee on National

Security; individual Members of Congress; the Secretaries of Defense, the

Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; and the Directors of the Defense

Logistics Agency and the Defense Investigative Service. We will make

copies available to others on request.

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B-261174 

This supplement was prepared under the direction of David R. Warren,

Director of Defense Management and NASA Issues, who may be reached on

(202) 512-8412 if you or your staff have any questions concerning its

contents.

Charles A. Bowsher

Comptroller General

of the United States

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Contents

Letter 1

Appendix I 

Letter and Other

Material Received on

Proposed Base

Closures and

Realignments

Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, 8

the Honorable Bill Frist, the Honorable

Fred Thompson, the Honorable Blanche

Lincoln, the Honorable Ed Bryant,

and the Honorable John Tanner, Members of

Congress, dated February 28, 1995,

regarding the Defense Distribution Depot

Memphis, Tennessee

Letter from the Honorable Wendell Ford, the 10

Honorable Lee Hamilton, the Honorable

Mike Ward, the Honorable Mitch McConnell,

and the Honorable Ron Lewis, Members of

Congress, dated March 7, 1995, regarding

the Navy’s handling of data call responses

pertaining to the Naval Ordnance Station,

Louisville, Kentucky

Letter from the Honorable Harold Ford, 12

Member of Congress, dated March 7, 1995,

regarding the impact on minorities at

depots the Defense Logistics Agency

considered for closure

Letter from the Honorable Edward J. Markey, 13

Member of Congress, dated March 20, 1995,

regarding the Army’s decision pertaining

to the U.S. Army Research, Development, and

Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts

Letter from the Honorable Harold E. Ford, Member 14

of Congress, dated March 22, 1995, regarding

the Defense Logistics Agency’s process for

scoring military value on the Defense

Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

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FAX letter received from a representative 16

of the Federal Managers Association,

on March 24, 1995, regarding the Defense

Logistics Agency’s decision to disestablish

the Defense Industrial Supply Center,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Ted Stevens, Member 19

of Congress, dated March 29, 1995,

regarding the proposed realignment of

Fort Greely, Alaska

Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 20

Member of Congress, dated March 30, 1995,

regarding the Defense Logistics Agency’s

decision to disestablish the Defense Industrial

Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 22

Member of Congress, dated April 4, 1995,

regarding the Navy’s decision to close the

Naval Air Technical Services Facility,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Letter from the Honorable Robert A. Borski, 25

Member of Congress, dated April 5, 1995,

regarding the Navy’s recommendation to close

the Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit

Headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

and relocate the activity to Naval Aviation

Depot, North Island, California

Letter from Timothy R. Rupli, President, Defense 27

Realignment Advisors, dated April 6, 1995,

regarding the Army Depot Systems Command’s

methodology for Army maintenance depot

downsizing

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Letter from the Honorable Conrad R. Burns, 28

Chairman, Military Construction Subcommittee,

Senate Committee on Appropriations, dated

April 7, 1995, regarding the proposed

realignment of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana

Letter from the Honorable James V. Hansen, Member 29

of Congress, dated April 7, 1995, regarding

the consolidation of tactical missile

maintenance

Letter from Mr. J.W. Wheeler, Hudson Institute, 30

dated April 9, 1995, regarding the proposed

closure of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft

Division, Indianapolis, Indiana

Letter from the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, 31

the Honorable H. James Saxton, the Honorable

Bill Bradley, and the Honorable Frank

Lautenberg, Members of Congress, dated

April 10, 1995, regarding the Naval Air Warfare

Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey,

and the Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst,

New Jersey

Letter from the Honorable Fred Thompson and the 34

Honorable Bill Frist, Members of Congress,

dated April 10, 1995, regarding the

recommended closure of the Defense

Distribution Depot, Memphis, Tennessee

Letter from the Honorable Richard Gephardt, the 36

Honorable William Clay, the Honorable

Harold L. Volkmer, the Honorable

Christopher S. Bond, and the Honorable John

Ashcroft, Members of Congress, dated April 11,

1995, regarding the Army’s recommendation

to disestablish the Aviation and Troop

Command, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Letter from the Honorable Dianne Feinstein and 42

the Honorable Barbara Boxer, Members of

Congress, dated April 11, 1995, regarding

the realignment of Onizuka Air Station,

California

Letter from the Honorable Anna G. Eshoo and 45

the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Members of

Congress, dated April 12, 1995, regarding

the realignment of the 750th Space Group

from Onizuka Air Force Station, California,

and the 129th Rescue Group from Moffett

Federal Airfield, California

Letter from the Honorable David L. Hobson, 48

Member of Congress, dated April 14, 1995,

regarding GAO’s April 14, 1995, report on the

base closure and realignment process and the

Springfield-Beckley Air National Base, Ohio

Letter from the Honorable Dan Burton, the 49

Honorable Andy Jacobs, and the Honorable

David McIntosh, Members of Congress, dated

April 25, 1995, regarding the closure

recommendation pertaining to the Naval Air

Warfare Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

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