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“Administration Asks for BRAC Authority in 2017 Budget”
Pentagon Renews BRAC Request but Pushes it Back to 2019 In the Obama administration’s last year, the Pentagon has raised the urgency of a new round of base closures, threatening to take unilateral action if lawmakers once again reject its request. “The need to reduce...
Aircraft Maintenance Student Increase ?
Remarks by Secretary Carter at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Secretary of Defense Ash Carter February 4, 2016 http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/650577/remarks-by-secretary-carter-at-nellis-air-force-base-nevada# SECRETARY OF DEFENSE...
Ft Sill Gains
Ft. Sill’s Population to Rise Slightly over Next Two Years The population at Fort Sill is scheduled to grow by more than 400 personnel by the end of 2017 as the southwestern Oklahoma post gains two artillery battalions. The two Forces Command battalions will...
Security Access Changes to Military Installations
New Rules Raise Security Barriers for Some Visitors to Military Bases Visitors to military installations with driver’s licenses from five states that have not complied with a 2005 law are now required to show an alternate form of identification, such as a passport,...
AF officials announce civilian reduction in force
PRINT | E-MAIL WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- In a continuing effort to meet Defense Department funding targets and rebalance the civilian workforce, some Air Force installations will implement civilian reduction in force authorities effective through April 4. Following a major...
Another Example of State Funding Requirements for Military Installations to Increase Military Value
Like many other states fearful of losing economic-lifeblood military bases, Mississippi has been spending millions of dollars of state and local money to enhance the federal facilities and their surroundings. With bases employing more than 30,000 people and generating...
A Growing S.A. Spurs New Efforts to Protect Bases
Bexar County soon could add a military “light overlay district” around Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Medina Annex to help stop nighttime lights in residential and commercial areas from hampering Air Force training. But what the new law would look like — and if it...
‘Team Dobbins’ Seeks to Protect Cobb Base
Congressman Thornberry speaking in Georgia to “Team Dobbins" - Tom Whaylen Whether the listener is a member of Congress or the average man or woman on the street, David Connell has his elevator pitch ready to help save — and grow — Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The...
Cameron Says Obama ‘Clearly Delighted’ by UK’s New Defense Plans
By Andrew Chuter EST November 23, 2015 RAF NORTHOLT, UK — US President Barack Obama has given his seal of approval to Britain’s Strategic Defence and Security Review, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday morning. “I talked to President Obama at the recent G20...
Texas Ready to Defend Its Military Installations
BY DAVE MONTGOMERY Special to the Star-Telegram AUSTIN Fort Worth and other military communities in Texas and other states are preparing to defend their installations against the prospect of another round of base closings as the Pentagon seeks to overcome protracted...
