Military Base Closures: Where Do We Stand?

Abstract

This report provides information on the current status of U.S. military base closures and realignments. It includes data on domestic bases, including U.S. territories. The report also provides information on the costs and savings associated with implementation of domestic base closings and realignments. From 1976 to 1988, virtually no U.S. domestic bases were closed as a result of congressionally imposed restrictions. This situation changed radically in 1988, when the U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing the first of four independent base realignment and closure commissions (BRAC). The four commissions (activated in 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995) generated 499 recommendations for closing and realigning bases. Only 451 of these ultimately required action, primarily because 48 were changed in some manner by recommendations of a later commission

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2001
Accession Number
ADA515480

Entities

People

  • David E. Lockwood

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Budgets
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting