According to a knowledgeable official who spoke to Armed Forces News on grounds of
anonymity, as of mid-December the following bases were being considered under the
Base Realignment and Closure round of 2005:
BRAC 2005 – Air Force Bases
Altus AFB, Oklahoma; Beale AFB, California; Brooks AFB, Texas; Cannon AFB, New
Mexico; Columbus AFB, Mississippi; Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; Goodfellow AFB,
Texas; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota; Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts; Kirtland AFB,
New Mexico; Los Angeles AFB, California; McConnell AFB, Kansas; Nellis AFB, Nevada
(to realign); Seymour Johnson AFB (to realign), North Carolina; Shaw AFB, South
Carolina; and Vance AFB, Oklahoma.
BRAC 2005 – Army Bases
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Detroit Arsenal, Michigan; Fort Belvoir,
Virginia; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort McPherson/Gillem, Georgia; Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey; Fort Monroe, Virginia; Fort Polk (to realign), Louisiana;
Fort Richardson, Alaska; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Lima Army
Tank Plant, Ohio; Natick Soldier Center, Massachusetts; Picatinny Arsenal, New
Jersey; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; Sierra Army
Depot, California; and Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
BRAC 2005 Marine Bases
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany,
Georgia; Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California (realignment); Marine
Corps Mountain Warfare School, California; Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego,
California (realign or close); and Marine Reserve Support Unit, Kansas City.
BRAC 2005 Naval Bases
Ingleside Naval Station, Texas; Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, New
Jersey; Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi; Naval Postgraduate School,
California; Naval Recreation Station Solomons Island; Naval Surface Warfare Center
Crane, Indiana; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Virginia; Navy
Supply Corps School, Georgia; New Orleans Naval Support Activity, Louisiana;
Pascagoula Naval Station, Mississippi; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire;
and Saratoga Springs Naval Support Unit, New York.
