Military Base Closure: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover)

Foreword by LAWRENCE KORB vii Preface xi Introduction xv Chapter 1 The Military Base Structure in the United States 1 Chapter 2 Base Closure: Reasons and Consequences 13 Chapter 3 The Base Closure Process 30 Chapter 4 The 2005 BRAC Round 76 Chapter 5 Closing Overseas Military Bases 112 Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions 124 Appendix I Base Profiles 127 Ingleside Naval Station, Texas 127 Fort Monroe, Virginia 132 Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota 136 Submarine Base New London, CT 141 Naval Air Station Oceana 147 Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland, California 151 Lowry AFB, Colorado 154 Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, Alabama 157 Fort Devens, Massachusetts 160 Clark Air Base 163 Appendix II Major Active Military Bases by State, 1988 and 2006 171 Appendix III Major Base Closures by State and by Year 173 Appendix IV List of Major Bases Closed by Year: 1988-2005 175 Appendix V Civilian Jobs Impact of Four BRAC Rounds 180 Appendix VI BRAC 2005 Chronology of Events 183 Glossary of Terms 185 Bibliography 187 Index 191