The Marine Corps Logistics Base is located 134 miles east of Los Angeles and 152 miles southwest of Las Vegas in the San Bernardino County High Desert. The City of Barstow has a population of over 22,000. Major Commands include: Base Support Division, Facilities & Services Division, Human Resource Division, Resources Management Division, Fleet Support Division, MC Multi-Commodity Maintenance Center, Special Staff Offices, Morale, Welfare, Recreation, and the Defense Logistics Agency.

The mission of the Logistics Base is to procure, maintain, repair and rebuild, store, and distribute supplies and equipment as assigned; to conduct such schools and training as may be directed; and to perform such tasks and functions as may be directed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps or the Commander, MCLB-Albany, GA. These services are generally provided to Marine Corps forces west of the Mississippi River and to the Far East.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to realign Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, CA. with the following actions: disestablish the depot maintenance of Aircraft Other Components, Aircraft Rotary, and Strategic Missiles; consolidate depot maintenance of Engines/Transmissions, Other Components, and Small Arms/Personal Weapons at Anniston Army Depot, AL; consolidate the depot maintenance of Conventional Weapons, Engines/Transmissions, Material Handling, Power train Components, Starters/ Alternators/Generators, Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment, and Wire at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, GA; consolidate depot maintenance of Electronic Components (Non- Airborne), Electro-Optics/Night Vision/Forward-Looking-Infrared, Generators, Ground Support Equipment, Radar, and Radio at Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA; consolidate depot maintenance of Tactical Missiles at Letterkenny Army Depot, PA; realign Fleet Support Division Maintenance Center Barstow and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow operations to increase efficiencies and reduce infrastructure.

Required capacity to support workloads and core requirements for the DoD would be relocated to other DoD Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence, thereby increasing the military value of depot maintenance performed at these sites, according to DoD. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 796 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area, which would be less than 0.1 percent of economic area employment.

Naval Base Coronado is comprised of Naval Air Station, North Island, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Outlying Field Imperial Beach, Navy Radio Receiving Facility, Mountain Training Facility LaPosta, Warner Springs Training Area and Naval Air Landing Facility, San Clemente Island. The 57,000 acre base is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the Navy. North Island itself is host to 23 squadrons and 80 additional tenant commands and activities, one of which, the Naval Aviation Depot, is the largest aerospace employer in San Diego. North Island was commissioned a naval air station in 1917, 82 years ago. The 59-year-old Naval Amphibious Base was renamed in 1946, although it had been in operation as the Amphibious Training Base since 1943. It is host to thirty commands including the headquarters for the Naval Special Warfare Command, a second echelon command that is headquarters for America's elite maritime special operations forces - the U.S. Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended the following actions for Naval Base Coronado:

Realign Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Base Coronado, CA, as follows:

1. Disestablish Naval Air Depot North Island, COMSEACONWINGPAC (AIMD), and NADEP North Island Detachment North Island; establish Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Base Coronado, CA.

2. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for aircraft Avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Components, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, aircraft Other Components, and Aircraft Structural Components from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Site Point Mugu, hereby established at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Naval Base Ventura, CA.

3. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for Aircraft avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Component, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Aircraft Other Components, Aircraft Structural Components from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Site Miramar, hereby established at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA.

4. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for Aircraft Avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Components, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Aircraft Other Components, and Aircraft Structural Components from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest Site Pendleton, hereby established at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, CA.

5. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for Aircraft Avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Components, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Aircraft Other Components, Aircraft Structural Components from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Southwest Site Yuma, hereby established at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ.

6. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for Aircraft Avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Components, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Aircraft Other Components, and Aircraft Structural Components from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Center West Site Fort Worth, Fort Worth TX.

7. Relocate depot maintenance workload and capacity needed to support maintenance for Aircraft Avionics/Electronics Components, Aircraft Hydraulic Components, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Aircraft Other Components, and Aircraft Structural Components, from Naval Air Depot North Island to Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA; and transfer all remaining intermediate and depot maintenance workload and capacity to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Base Coronado, CA.

Located on Florida Drive, adjacent to Balboa Park, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) is the most technologically advanced Navy medical treatment facility. Nicknamed, Balboa, the Pride of Navy Medicine, the hospital has played a vital role in the history of San Diego for more than 80 years. From the original tent dispensary established in 1917, to the high-tech, ultra modern facility of the 1990s, the mission has remained constant to provide the finest medical care in a family-centered care environment to the operational forces, their families, and to those who served their country in the past.

There are almost half a million people in San Diego County eligible to receive care at the Naval Medical Center. This care is provided by a military and civilian staff of more then 6,000. To augment that staff and to expand the scope of services available to its patient population, Naval Medical Center San Diego has taken the lead in introducing many innovative partnership and resource sharing programs with civilian providers.

In 2005 the BRAC Commission recommended to Realign Naval Air Station Great Lakes, IL, Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA, by relocating basic and specialty enlisted medical training to Fort Sam Houston, TX. This recommendation also co-locates all (except Aerospace Medicine) medical basic and specialty enlisted training at Fort Sam Houston, TX, with the potential of transitioning to a joint training effort. This will result in reduced infrastructure and excess system capacity, while capitalizing on the synergy of the co-location similar training conducted by each of the three Services. In addition, the development of a joint training center will result in standardized training for medical enlisted specialties enhancing interoperability and joint deployability.

Co-location of medical enlisted training with related military clinical activities of the San Antonio Regional Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, provides synergistic opportunities to bring clinical insight into the training environment, real time. As a result, both the healthcare delivery and training experiences are exponentially enhanced. The Commission also found that collocating all medical basic and specialty enlisted training would create an opportunity for the service branches to develop a joint training center that could result in standardized and enhanced training opportunities, as well as improved interoperability and joint deployability. Approximately 1600 military and civilian positions at NMCSD will be affected by the realignment.

The Naval Submarine Base in Point Loma provides pierside berthing and support services for submarines of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and is the site of the Navy Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. Eight attack submarines, one submarine tender and one floating dry-dock are homeported at the base. There are no ballistic missile submarines homeported in San Diego.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to close Naval Station Ingleside, TX and to relocate its ships along with dedicated personnel, equipment and support to Naval Station San Diego, CA; relocate the ship intermediate repair function to Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity San Diego, CA; consolidate Mine Warfare Training Center with Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center Point Loma, CA.; to relocate Commander Mine Warfare Command and Commander Mobile Mine Assembly Group from Corpus Christi to the Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Center on Point Loma.

The BRAC commission also recommended to realign Naval Base Ventura County, CA, Naval Surface Warfare Center Division, Dahlgren, VA, and Naval Station Newport, RI, by relocating Maritime Information Systems Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation to Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA, and consolidating with the Space Warfare Center to create the new Space Warfare Systems Command Pacific, Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA.

The Commission also recommended to realign Naval Submarine Base Point Loma as follows: relocate Surface Maritime Sensors, Electronic Warfare, and Electronics Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation of the Space Warfare Center to Naval Surface Warfare Center Division, Dahlgren, VA; relocate Subsurface Maritime Sensors, Electronic Warfare, and Electronics Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation of the Space Warfare Center to Naval Station Newport, RI; disestablish Space Warfare Systems Center Norfolk, VA, detachment San Diego, CA, and assign functions to the new Space Warfare Systems Command Pacific, Naval Submarine Base Point Loma; disestablish Naval Center for Tactical Systems Interoperability, San Diego, CA, and assign functions to the new Space Warfare Systems Command Pacific, Naval Submarine Base Point Loma; and disestablish Space Warfare Systems Command San Diego, CA, detachment Norfolk, VA, and assign functions to the new Space Warfare Systems Command Atlantic, Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek , VA.

Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 88 jobs (44 direct jobs and 44 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the San Diego Area (less than 0.1 percent).

Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) was established in 2000 when Naval Air Station (NAS) Pt. Mugu and Naval Construction Batallion Center (CBC) Port Hueneme were regionalized into one base under Commander, Navy Region Southwest.

The NAS Point Mugu, operates and maintains station facilities and provides support services for Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division and assigned tenants and activities. These services include air terminal, air traffic control, firefighting and crash crews, and an outlying landing facility at San Nicolas Island. The main base complex, located at Point Mugu, consists of 4,500 acres, support facilities and instrumentation.

The CBC, Port Hueneme is the west coast homeport of the Navy’s mobile construction force. CBC supports the training and mobilization requirements for more than 2,600 active duty personnel. The CBC also operates a 1,600-acre naval base. The mission of CBC is to prove a homeport and furnish training, administrative and logistic support for Seabees serving in many parts of the world.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to realign NBVC and two other installations by relocating Maritime Information Systems Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation to Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA, and consolidating with the Space Warfare Center to create the new Space Warfare Systems Command Pacific, Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 286 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, area (less than 0.1 percent).

The Commission also recommended to realign NBVC, Port Hueneme, CA, by relocating all Weapons and Armaments Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation, except weapon system integration, to Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, CA. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 5,012 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, area (1.2 percent).

The Commission recommended to relocate the Weapons and Armaments Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation to NAWS hina Lake, CA. And, in another recommendation, to realign Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA by relocating the Sensors, Electronic Warfare (EW), and Electronics Research, Development, Acquisition, Test & Evaluation (RDAT&E) functions to Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 1,075 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, area (0.3 percent).

The Naval Air Weapons Station (NASW) China Lake is located in the California Mojave Desert situated between the high country of the Sierra Nevada range and the deep desert of Death Valley. The Station was established in 1943 when the Navy was looking for a sparsely populated area with near perfect flying weather and practically unlimited visibility that could handle the mission of serving as a research, development and testing area for weapons. An early partnership established a pattern of cooperation and interaction between civilian scientists and engineers, the military and defense contractor support that continues to this day.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended the creation of a Naval Integrated Weapons and Armaments (W&A) Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation (RDAT&E) Center, and realignment of the following W&A, RDTA&E functions, with noted exceptions, to NASW China Lake: Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, IN (except gun/ammo, combat system security and energetic materials); NSWC Indian Head, MD (except gun/ammo, underwater weapons, and energetic materials); Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, MD (except the Program Executive Office and Program Management Offices); Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu, CA; Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Seal Beach, CA (except underwater weapons and energetic materials); NBVC Port Hueneme, CA (except weapons systems integration); NSWC Dahlgren, VA (except gun/ammo and weapons systems integration).

This recommendation enables technical synergy, and positions the Department of Defense to exploit center-of-mass scientific, technical and acquisition expertise with weapons and armament Research, Development & Acquisition that currently resides at 10 locations into the one Integrated RDAT&E site.

(Updated 29 July 2008)

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NAS Pensacola, known as the "Cradle of Naval Aviation," serves as the launching point for the flight training of every Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer (NFO), and Enlisted Aircrewman. In 1997, about 15,000 aviation personnel in aeronautical technical phases of naval operations were trained there. NAS Pensacola's primary flying organization, Training Wing Six includes three jointly manned (USN, USMC and USAF personnel) with the mission of training USN and other services' Naval Flight Officers and Navigators. NAS Pensacola also serves as the home station and primary practice site for the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to realign NAS Pensacola, FL by relocating Officer Training Command Pensacola, FL to Naval Station Newport, RI, and consolidating with Officer Training Command Newport, RI. NAS Pensacola’s Officer Training Command includes Navy Officer Candidate School, Limited Duty Officer Course, Chief Warrant Officer Course, and the Direct Commissioning Program. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 675 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Pensacola Area, which would be 0.3 percent of economic area employment.

The Commission also recommended to realign NAS Pensacola by consolidating Navy Region Gulf Coast with Navy Region Southeast at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 65 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Pensacola Area, which would be less than 0.1 percent of economic area employment.

The BRAC commission also recommended to relocate sufficient personnel from NAS Pensacola to stand up the Navy’s portion of the Joint Strike Fighter Initial Joint Training Site at Eglin AFB, FL. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 888 jobs over 2008-2011 in the Pensacola Area (0.4 percent). In another Recommendation will relocate Navy Education and Training Command to Naval Support Activity Millington, TN. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 1,878 jobs in the Pensacola Area (0.9 percent).

The BRAC commission also recommended to relocate the Space Warfare Systems Center Charleston, SC, detachment Pensacola, FL, to Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 278 jobs over the 2006-2011 period in the Pensacola Area (0.1 percent).

Total estimated job loss with all realignments combined is approximately 3784 jobs or 1.6 percent of the Pensacola Area economic employment.

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Employing over 4,000 personnel, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division is one of five divisions of NSWC which maintains a full spectrum research, development, acquisition, test and evaluation and support capability for surface warfare combat and weapon systems and hull, mechanical, and electrical systems.

DoD recommended to realign Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, IN, by relocating all Weapons and Armaments Research, Development & Acquisition, and Test & Evaluation, except gun/ammo, combat system security, and energetic materials to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA. Consolidating the Navy’s air-to-air, air-to-ground, and surface launched missile RD&A, and T&E activities at China Lake, CA, would create an efficient integrated RDAT&E center. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 375 jobs (258 direct jobs and 117 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the Martin County, IN, economic area (4.4 percent).

DoD will also realign Naval Surface Warfare Center Division Crane, IN, by relocating gun and ammunition Research and Development & Acquisition to Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. This recommendation would realign and consolidate those gun and ammunition facilities working in Weapons and Armaments (W&A) Research (R), Development & Acquisition (D&A). This realignment would result in a more robust joint center for gun and ammunition Research, Development & Acquisition at Picatinny Arsenal. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 421 jobs (289 direct jobs and 132 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in Martin County, IN, economic area (4.9 percent).

Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Illinois is the central processing location for Naval recruits. Approximately 50,000 recruits pass through Great Lakes RTC annually with an estimated 15,000 recruits onboard the installation at any time and is the third largest base in the Navy. Great Lakes Service School Command (SSC) is the central training location for Naval enlisted students. Students at SSC either arrive directly from RTC or are returning from the fleet for further training.

The Great Lakes Naval Training Center is home to the U.S. Navy's only Recruit Training Command. The largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training center in the Navy, the base includes 1,153 buildings on 1,628 acres and uses 50 miles of roadway to provide access to the Center's facilities.

The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to close Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA. As a result, it recommended to consolidate the Navy Reserve Command's installation management function with Navy Region Midwest at Naval Station Great Lakes and two other installations. The Commission also recommended to consolidate Naval Facilities Engineering Field Division South, Charleston, SC, with Naval Facilities Engineering Field Activity Southeast at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Facilities Midwest at Naval Station Great Lakes, IL and Naval Facilities Atlantic at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.

In another recommendation, the Commission recommended to realign NAS Corpus Christi, TX by consolidating Navy Region South with Navy Region Midwest at Naval Station Great Lakes and Navy Region Southeast at Naval Station Jacksonville, FL.

The final recommendation was to realign Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, TX, by consolidating Navy Reserve Readiness Command South with Naval Reserve Readiness Command Midwest at Naval Station Great Lakes. This recommendation would enhance the Navy’s long-standing initiative to accomplish common management and support on a regionalized basis, by consolidating and collocating reserve readiness commands with the installation management Regions.

Naval Support Activity New Orleans is split between locations on both the East and West banks of the Mississippi River. The West Bank location is adjacent to the city of Algiers, LA. The East Bank facility is located approximately two miles east of the New Orleans French Quarter, near the Lower 9th Ward area of New Orleans. For more than 125 years the Navy has called the banks of the Mississippi River in New Orleans home.

2005 BRAC recommended to realign Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA, to relocate and consolidate its units as follows: relocate the Navy Reserve Personnel Command and the Enlisted Placement and Management Center from the East Bank facility and consolidate with the Navy Personnel Command at Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Millington, TN; relocate the Naval Reserve Recruiting Command from the East Bank facility and consolidate with the Navy Recruiting Command also at Naval Support Activity Mid-South; relocate the Navy Reserve Command from the East Bank facility to Naval Support Activity Norfolk, VA, except for the installation management function, which would consolidate with Navy Region Southwest, Navy Region Northwest and Navy Region Midwest.

If the Sate of Louisiana obtains funding and commences construction of the Federal City project proposed for the Naval Support Activity West Bank property on or before September 30, 2008, then relocate the Headquarters of Marine Forces Reserve there. If the State of Lousiana fails to do so on or before September 30, 2008, then relocate the Headquarters of Marine Forces Reserve to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, LA, and consolidate it with the Marine Corps Reserve Support Command element of Mobilization Command, which would relocate to NAS JRB New Orleans from Marine Corps Support Activity, Kansas City, MO; relocate Naval Air Systems Command Support Equipment Facility New Orleans, LA, Navy Recruiting District New Orleans, LA, and the Navy Reserve Center New Orleans, LA, to NAS JRB New Orleans; relocate 8th Marine Corps District to NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX. The remaining installation management would consolidate with NAS JRB New Orleans.

The total estimated one-time cost to the Department of Defense to implement this recommendation would be $164.6M. The net of all costs and savings to the Department during the implementation period would be a cost of $86.1M. Annual recurring savings to the Department after implementation would be $36.5M with a payback expected in three years. The net present value of the costs and savings to the Department over 20 years would be a savings of $276.4M. Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 2,096 jobs (1,192 direct jobs and 904 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which would be 0.3 percent of the economic area employment.

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NAS Corpus Christi is part of the Navy Region South Texas. NAS Corpus Christi is ten miles southeast of the city of Corpus Christi and twenty-five miles south of Naval Station Ingleside, across Corpus Christi Bay. Corpus Christi Army Depot is a major tenant on the Naval Air Station. Other tenants include Chief of Naval Air Training; U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station; Drug Enforcement Agency; Medical Naval Hospital; Mine Warfare Command; and Defense Distribution Depot (sub-organization to Defense Logistics Agency).

The mission of NAS Corpus Christi is to provide the best possible service and facilities for customers. The function is to maintain and operate facilities, provide service and material to support operations of aviation activities and units of the Naval Air Training Command and other tenant activities and units.

2005 BRAC Commission recommended to realign Naval Air Station Corpus Christi by relocating Commander Mine Warfare Command and Commander Mobile Mine Assembly Group from Corpus Christi to Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Center, Point Loma, CA; relocating Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) and dedicated personnel, equipment and support to Naval Station Norfolk, VA; disestablishing Commander Helicopter Tactical Wing U.S. Atlantic Fleet Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Truax Field at Corpus Christi, TX and relocating its intermediate maintenance function for Aircraft Components, Fabrication & Manufacturing, and Support Equipment to Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Site Norfolk, VA. Assuming no economic recovery, DoD estimated that this recommendation, along with recommended closure of Ingleside Naval Station, could result in a maximum potential reduction of 6,864 jobs (3,184 direct jobs and 3,680 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the Corpus Christi, TX, area (3.1 percent).

DoD also recommended to consolidate Navy Region South with Navy Region Midwest at Naval Station Great Lakes, IL and Navy Region Southeast at Naval Station Jacksonville, FL. This recommendation would reduce the number of Installation Management regions from twelve to eight. Assuming no economic recovery, DoD estimated that this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 144 jobs (59 direct jobs and 85 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the Corpus Christi, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which would be less than 0.1 percent of economic area employment.

In 1940, the Navy acquired the land that would eventually become Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana. At that time, the surrounding area was mainly farmland. Airspace and facility restrictions preclude NAS Norfolk from serving as the home station for tactical air units, and in the 1950s NAS Oceana was expanded to Master Jet Base status to serve that purpose. NAS Oceana has grown to become one of the largest and most advanced air stations in the world, comprising 6,820 acres (including Dam Neck Annex). Obstruction clearances and flight easements total an additional 3,680 acres. Its four runways—three measuring 8,000 feet in length and one measuring 12,000 feet—are designed for high-performance aircraft. NAS Oceana's primary mission is to train and deploy the Navy's fighter/attack squadron—the F-14 Tomcats and the F/A-18 Hornets. Two H-3 Sea King helicopters also are assigned to NAS Oceana for search-and-rescue duties. Pilots stationed at NAS Oceana fly approximately 219,000 training operations each year.

In its 2005 BRAC Commission found that significant residential and commercial encroachment had continued around NAS Oceana and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress for many years and was exacerbated when the 1995 BRAC Commission redirected F-18 aircraft and supporting assets from MCAS Cheery Point, NC and MCAS Beaufort, SC to NAS Oceana to take advantage of the excess capacity at NAS Oceana. The commission recommended to Realign NAS Oceana by relocating the East Coast Master Jet Base to Cecil Field, FL, if the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake fail to enact and enforce legislation to prevent further encroachment on NAS Oceana by the end of March 2006. If the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, VA fail to take all of the prescribed actions and the State of Florida meets the conditions established by the BAC recommendation, the units and functions associated with all of the Navy’s F/A-18 strike fighter wins, aviation operations and support schools, maintenance support, training and any other additional support activities the Navy deems necessary to support the operations of the Master Jet Base will relocate to Cecil Field.

Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, is the oldest continuously running hospital in the Navy. 4,300 Officers, Sailors and civilians work in Locations from Yorktown to Chesapeake to deliver health care to the 420,000 active duty members, family members and Retirees living in Hampton Roads. These men and women carry on a tradition of caring and service to their country that dates back to Revolutionary times.

The site of the Hospital is the approximate site of the circa-1776 Fort Nelson. Built in the mid-1770's as a colonial defense, the fort was captured on May 9, 1779 by British naval Commander Sir George Collier. Fort Nelson lay unused until 1827, when the commissioners of the Naval Hospital fund were granted their request to build the first naval hospital on the site. To save money, the bricks of the old fort were used in the construction of the hospital. The cornerstone for the country's first naval hospital was laid on April Second, 1827. The hospital admitted its first patients in 1830, although only one wing was ready for occupation. The first hospital building, which stands at the opposite end of hospital point, was finally completed in 1833.

Through the last two decades, the hospital has continued to grow and advance. In 1990, construction was begun on the new acute care facility, with an expected completion date of 1998. in 1993, during a reorganization of Navy medicine, Commanding Officer, Naval Hospital Portsmouth, became, Commander, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth.

In 2005 the BRAC Commission recommended to Realign Naval Air Station Great Lakes, IL, Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA, by relocating basic and specialty enlisted medical training to Fort Sam Houston, TX. This recommendation also co-locates all (except Aerospace Medicine) medical basic and specialty enlisted training at Fort Sam Houston, TX, with the potential of transitioning to a joint training effort. This will result in reduced infrastructure and excess system capacity, while capitalizing on the synergy of the co-location similar training conducted by each of the three Services. In addition, the development of a joint training center will result in standardized training for medical enlisted specialties enhancing interoperability and joint deployability.

Co-location of medical enlisted training with related military clinical activities of the San Antonio Regional Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, provides synergistic opportunities to bring clinical insight into the training environment, real time. As a result, both the healthcare delivery and training experiences are exponentially enhanced. The Commission also found that collocating all medical basic and specialty enlisted training would create an opportunity for the service branches to develop a joint training center that could result in standardized and enhanced training opportunities, as well as improved interoperability and joint deployability. Approximately 460 military and civilian positions at NMCSD will be affected by the realignment.

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Naval District Washington encompasses over 4,000 square miles, including the District of Columbia; and counties in Maryland and Northern Virginia. In total, the District encompasses 400 commands and activities. The Commandant exercises area coordination over 67,000 military and civilian employees.

In its 2005 BRAC Commission recommended to realign Bolling AFB, DC, by relocating the installation management functions to Naval District Washington at the Washington Navy Yard, DC, establishing Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC.

All installations employ military, civilian, and contractor personnel to perform common functions in support of installation facilities and personnel. Because these installations share a common boundary with minimal distance between the major facilities or are in near proximity, there was significant opportunity to reduce duplication of efforts with resulting reduction of overall manpower and facilities requirements capable of generating savings, which would be realized by paring unnecessary management personnel and achieving greater efficiencies through economies of scale. Intangible savings would be expected to result from opportunities to consolidate and optimize existing and future service contract requirements. Additional opportunities for savings would also be expected to result from establishment of a single space management authority capable of generating greater overall utilization of facilities and infrastructure.