Closing Military Bases: An Interim Assessment.

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Abstract:

This paper, prepared at the request of the Senate Armed Services Committee, examines the base realignment and closure process and provides an interim assessment of DoDs progress to date. It compares reductions to the base support structure with other measures of the defense drawdown as indicators of proportionality within the overall defense drawdown. It also examines DoDs effectiveness in carrying out BRAC procedures and decisions and addresses significant issues concerning the reuse of former military property. Data about the local economic and environmental impacts of BRAC actions highlight areas of major concern to the Congress, and a discussion of DoDs estimates of costs and savings outlines the need for near term spending in order to achieve long term savings. In keeping with the Congressional Budget Offices CBOs mandate to provide objective analysis, the study makes no recommendations.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
Pagination:
0090

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
CBO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_4.7.1_Real Property Life Cycle Management; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*ECONOMIC IMPACT, *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, *BASE CLOSURES, MILITARY FACILITIES, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS, MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, COMBAT READINESS, COST ESTIMATES, MILITARY CAPABILITIES, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, SAVINGS, MILITARY BUDGETS, STOCKPILES, INVENTORY ANALYSIS, UNEMPLOYMENT
Field(s)/Group(s):
Economics and Cost Analysis, Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
Report Date:
1996 Dec 01
Creation Date:
1997 Jun 18