Navy Infrastructure: Site Selection Process for the Northeast Regional Command Contained Weaknesses.
Abstract
The Navy is in the process of establishing a new command to oversee base operations support functions for its shore installations in the northeast region. The command would expand upon the responsibilities of the naval northeast regional coordinator currently located at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) New London in Groton, Connecticut. The Commander Submarine Group Two, in New London, has dual responsibility as both the operational commander and the Northeast Regional Coordinator of selected base support functions in the region. In December 1997, the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), recommended that the new command be headquartered at the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey. As you requested, we examined the Navy's process for developing that recommendation. You also asked that we review the extent to which the Navy fully evaluated the costs and implications of establishing the command at NWS Earle versus NSB New London or the Naval Undersea Warfare Center located at Newport, Rhode Island. Specifically, this report addresses (1) the extent to which the Navy followed its criteria for establishing shore activities and the extent to which it fully analyzed prospective costs of the three sites and (2) location and infrastructure factors that would affect costs and operations of the new command at each of the three locations. This report also addresses other questions, uncertainties, and concerns that exist regarding the NWS Earle location.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA354689
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office