This is not a base closure effort. With present fiscal concerns in mind, the Navy must constantly look for methods to perform its mission better and more cost efficiently. Navy managers do get a lot of management training and experience during their careers. Additionally, the Naval Base San Diego team, including the new business office functions, are being selected because of their abilities to work through this visionary process. Fortunately the local community, both government and business, has come forward to assist.
Information technology is the absolute key to success.
We must be able to communicate across all the command and functional areas in order to regionalize. Only information technology can allow us to do this. Plans for a Metropolitan Area Network are being finalized. This will give us instant communication between any military member in the San Diego area. Only a small number of workers may actually lose their jobs.