List of Base Closings Announced

Ogbar · Post by **Ogbar** » May 13, 2005, 12:16 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/13/base.c ... index.html

On the first order, good news for me, my lab is not on the list.

Beyond that, though, they are closing the Groton Sub Base, which means all subs will now be a plane flight away. Prediction: Groton, CT has a superfund site label in their future.

cid · Post by **cid** » May 13, 2005, 12:43 pm

Looks like mostly financial, reserve centers and recruiting offices. I did not see many actual bases.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » May 13, 2005, 12:53 pm

Ahhh I remember when the bright boys in charge decided to name a nuclear sub Chorpus Christi

That went over well

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » May 13, 2005, 1:04 pm

it will be interesting to listen to the media coverage of this.

Talk Radio absolutely skewered Clinton over this in 1995. This series of closings is larger than that one.

I predict the talking point will however be more in line with "Rumsfeld's TRANSFORMATION of the Military" and the "post-Cold War era", etc.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 13, 2005, 1:42 pm

They're closing the base here in Battle Creek, MI (WK Kellogg on the list). It's kinda funny since they're in the middle of constructing a good 10+ buildings at the site! These are pretty big structures including a couple new hangers for the A-10's.

Oh well, we kept The Federal Center, which employs over 1800 and lost the base which employs about 300. My friend who just got back from Iraq, who works at the base, is going to be a bit dissappointed

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » May 13, 2005, 2:51 pm

Subase New London was the last place I'd been stationed that hadn't been closed or decommisioned yet