• Source: 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
      Alton W. Cornella
      Rebecca G. Cox
      James B. Davis (general), USAF (Ret.)
      S. Lee Kling
      RADM Benjamin F. Montoya, USN (Ret.)
      MS Josue Robles, Jr., USA (Ret.)
      Wendi L. Steele


      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.
      DoD had reported to congress that billions of dollars could be saved annually if excess base infrastructure could be eliminated .
      All three of the BRAC rounds of the 1990s (1991, 1993, and 1995) were authorized under the same law, Public Law 101-510.


      Recommendations


      Major facilities slated for closure included:

      Bergstrom Air Force Base
      Camp Bonneville
      Castle Air Force Base
      Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
      Fort Chaffee
      Fort Greely
      Fort Indiantown Gap
      Fort McClellan
      Fort Pickett
      Fort Ritchie
      Kelly Air Force Base
      Letterkenny Army Depot
      McClellan Air Force Base
      Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne
      Naval Air Facility Adak
      Naval Air Station South Weymouth
      Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Warminster
      Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis
      Naval Shipyard, Long Beach
      Naval Supply Center, Oakland
      Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
      Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
      Oakland Army Base
      Ontario Air National Guard Station
      Red River Army Depot
      Reese Air Force Base
      Roslyn Air National Guard Station
      Savanna Army Depot Activity
      Seneca Army Depot
      Ship Repair Facility, Guam
      Sierra Army Depot
      Stratford Army Engine Plant


      See also


      Loss of Strength Gradient


      References




      External links


      1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations
      Department of the Army Analyses and Recommendations, Volume III
      James Landrith Archive of 1995 DBCRC Report

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