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Cost of Base Realignment Actions (COBRA)

COBRA Software Application Instructions
The Cost of Base Realignment Actions (COBRA) model was used to calculate costs, savings, and payback of proposed realignment and closure actions. In order to successfully operate the COBRA economic model used in the BRAC process, you must install the COBRA application from the link below and follow the specific instructions in the COBRA Users Manual. The accompanying COBRA Users Manual provides specific instructions in Chapter 2. Any technical questions regarding how to open or operate the model should be addressed to alevesque@rkeng.com or johnd@rkeng.com.
COBRA Software Application  ZipFile (3.3MB) COBRA Training Module (Added 06/20/05)
76 Min. Windows Media Video (Streamed)
The Department of Defense has provided recommendation books with justification data for the recommendations to the BRAC Commission. The Commission has included this data in their E-Library available on their website (www.brac.gov). This data contains copies of the COBRA output reports for each recommendation. The data also contain additional files, denoted with a .cbr suffix, that are the COBRA Scenario Data files used to prepare the COBRA reports included with each recommendation.
Download Instructions
Due to the size of these documents, you may wish to download before viewing or printing. In Internet Explorer, right click on the document link and select "Save Target As" from the menu that appears. In Netscape, right click on the document link and select "Save Link Target As" from the menu that appears.

Unzip Instructions
Once you have downloaded the zipped files, double-click on file. Use the Browse button to navigate to the location where you wish to unzip the installation files. Click Unzip to begin the unzip process. There are many utilities that can be used to unzip files. Here are several utilities you can use to unzip the files:  7-zip    WinZip    WinRAR
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