1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission

The 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense in 1995 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It recommended closing 32 major United States military bases.

Commissioners

Alan J. Dixon, Chairman {{cite web |title=97-305 -- Military Base Closures: A Historical Review from 1988 to 1995 |url=https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20041018_97-305_b114620ca2b32b9f297379c9b440897ee034d7b5.html |website=everycrsreport.com |date=18 October 2004}}
Alton W. Cornella{{cite web |title=Al Cornella |url=https://archive.rcgov.org/ca20111121/LF111611-01/Al%20Cornella%20bio.pdf |website=archive.rcgov.org}}
Rebecca G. Cox
James B. Davis (general), USAF (Ret.)
S. Lee Kling{{cite web | url=https://stljewishlight.org/news/news-local/kling-79-was-philanthropist-businessman/ | title=Kling, 79, was philanthropist, businessman | date=5 August 2008 }}
RADM Benjamin F. Montoya, USN (Ret.)
MS Josue Robles, Jr., USA (Ret.) {{cite web | url=https://militaryaffairs.theamericancollege.edu/soldier-citizen-award/award-recipients/2016-major-general-josue-joe-robles-jr-usa-ret | title=2016, Major General Josue (Joe) Robles, Jr., USA (Ret.) | date=26 August 2019 }}
Wendi L. Steele{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/7/7/19180810/win-or-lose-communities-can-be-proud | title=Win or Lose, Communities Can be Proud | date=7 July 1995 }}

Justification

Over the past 57 years military base closures have taken place though various processes. The Secretary of Defense implemented closures on an ad-hoc basis during 1961 - 1979. Individual service Chiefs and Congress strengthened its veto power for closures during 1980 to 1987. These changes lead to a few major bases being closed and none actually being closed. This being an issue, Congress finally granted authority to an independent Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) commission to work with the Department of Defense (DoD) to identify bases and installations to the executive and legislative branches for closure or realignment between 1988 and 1995. The BRAC had to responsibility of selecting which bases were to close throughout four rounds of base closures. Even though these BRAC actions represented a large amount of physical reductions in installations and associated units, the DoD continued to request more infrastructure cuts to offset reduced congressional funding for defense. Additional BRAC rounds were requested by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) because there continues to be a significant disparity between support structure capacity versus the number of units and associated military personnel levels. Congress however delayed providing additional BRAC legislation until the fall/winter of 2002.Kehl, B., & Rowley, Charles K. (2003). The Pentagon vs. Congress: The Political Economy of Military Base Closures during BRAC, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

DoD had reported to congress that billions of dollars could be saved annually if excess base infrastructure could be eliminated .Webster, S., & Lyons, Donald I. (2004). National Patterns and Community Impacts of Major Domestic United States Military Base Closures, 1988--present, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

All three of the BRAC rounds of the 1990s (1991, 1993, and 1995) were authorized under the same law, Public Law 101-510.{{cite web | url=https://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/BRAC-Bases/Prior-BRAC/ | title=Prior BRAC }}

Recommendations

Major facilities slated for closure included:

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20211011202224/https://dcsg9.army.mil/brac/RefDocs/General/1995%20BRAC%20Commission%20Report%20to%20the%20President.pdf 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141029104834/http://www.defense.gov/brac/docs/1995armyv3_recs.pdf Department of the Army Analyses and Recommendations, Volume III]
[https://jameslandrith.com/category/advocacy-and-letters/1995-dcbrc/ James Landrith Archive of 1995 DBCRC Report]

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