Military Base Closures: Better Planning Needed for Future Reserve Enclaves

Abstract

While four previous base closure rounds have afforded the Department of Defense (DOD) the opportunity to divest itself of unneeded property, it has, at the same time, retained more than 350,000 acres and nearly 20 million square feet of facilities on enclaves at closed or realigned bases for use by the reserve components. In view of the upcoming 2005 base closure round, GAO undertook this review to ascertain if opportunities exist to improve the decision-making processes used to establish reserve enclaves. Specifically, GAO determined to what extent (1) specific infrastructure needs for reserve enclaves were identified as part of base realignment and closure decision making and (2) estimated costs to operate and maintain enclaves were considered in deriving net estimated savings for realigning or closing bases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 2003
Accession Number
AD1154090

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People

  • Barry W. Holman

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Accounting
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air National Guard
  • Base Closures
  • California
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Marine Corps
  • National Governments
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Security
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  • United States
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