Since I work on a base, here's some input. This BRAC has been planned way before this president took office. THE MILITARY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, are the ones that want to close unnecessary bases to save themselves money. Not ALL bases that we have are necessary. What we are hearing is that since we are planning on returning a bunch of troops from Europe, which are no longer needed to keep the Soviets from kicking the asses of the Germans and French, that not as many bases are going to be closed. We have 3 here in Beaufort and any one could be closed and we've known this has been coming for years. The BRAC was started during the Clinton Administration but not by Clinton. This is purely MILITARY. We are supposed to hear on the 5th which bases stay and which are on the block to go. Our MEC, Military Enhancement Committe, has been lobbying DOD for our bases. They have not been lobbying the White House or Congress.
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