Pete
12-25-2012, 05:53
New Round of BRAC - maybe.
New round of BRAC recommendations looming
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/12/23/1224685?sac=fo.military
"Talk of military base realignment and closure - BRAC - is in the air again.
The talker is none other than the secretary of defense himself, Leon Panetta.
Panetta brought up the subject Aug. 6 in his hometown of Monterey, Calif., at a meeting of the Association of Defense Communities.
"We're closing bases abroad and that's why we put forward the proposal for developing the BRAC process in our budget," Panetta told the group..............."
With the Military downsizing it would seem to make sense.
But the one big problem is land. Developers love the closing of bases in congested places so they can pick up the land and develop it - and the local government make a profit on taxes.
Get rid of too much land and it becomes hard to expand again. Too many troops on any given base makes it a real fight for resources.
New round of BRAC recommendations looming
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/12/23/1224685?sac=fo.military
"Talk of military base realignment and closure - BRAC - is in the air again.
The talker is none other than the secretary of defense himself, Leon Panetta.
Panetta brought up the subject Aug. 6 in his hometown of Monterey, Calif., at a meeting of the Association of Defense Communities.
"We're closing bases abroad and that's why we put forward the proposal for developing the BRAC process in our budget," Panetta told the group..............."
With the Military downsizing it would seem to make sense.
But the one big problem is land. Developers love the closing of bases in congested places so they can pick up the land and develop it - and the local government make a profit on taxes.
Get rid of too much land and it becomes hard to expand again. Too many troops on any given base makes it a real fight for resources.