anyone here affected ?
Pen is fine but Pasagula is gone........... (AP) -- A list of military facilities the U.S. Defense Department recommended be closed: Alabama Abbott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuskegee Anderson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Troy Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mobile BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center, Montgomery Fort Ganey Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mobile Fort Hanna Army National Guard Reserve Center, Birmingham Gary U.S. Army Reserve Center, Enterprise Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Montgomery Navy Reserve Center, Tuscaloosa The Adjutant General Bldg, AL Army National Guard, Montgomery Wright U.S. Army Reserve Center Alaska Kulis Air Guard Station Arizona Air Force Research Lab, Mesa Allen Hall Armed Forces Reserve Center, Tucson Arkansas El Dorado Armed Forces Reserve Center Stone U.S. Army Reserve Center, Pine Bluff California Armed Forces Reserve Center, Bell Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Oakland Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Bernardino Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Diego Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Seaside Naval Support Activity Corona Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Encino Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Los Angeles Onizuka Air Force Station Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant Connecticut Sgt. Libby U.S. Army Reserve Center, New Haven Submarine Base New London Turner U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fairfield U.S. Army Reserve Center Maintenance Support Facility, Middletown Delaware Kirkwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Newark Florida Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Orlando Navy Reserve Center, St. Petersburg Georgia Fort Gillem Fort McPherson Inspector/Instructor, Rome Naval Air Station Atlanta Naval Supply Corps School, Athens U.S. Army Reserve Center, Columbus Hawaii Army National Guard Reserve Center, Honokaa Idaho Navy Reserve Center, Pocatello Illinois Armed Forces Reserve Center, Carbondale Navy Reserve Center, Forest Park Indiana Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Bunker Hill Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Indianapolis Navy Reserve Center, Evansville Newport Chemical Depot U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lafayette U.S. Army Reserve Center, Seston Iowa Navy Reserve Center, Cedar Rapids Navy Reserve Center, Sioux City Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Dubuque Kansas Kansas Army Ammunition Plant Kentucky Army National Guard Reserve Center, Paducah Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Lexington Navy Reserve Center, Lexington U.S. Army Reserve Center, Louisville U.S. Army Reserve Center, Maysville Louisiana Baton Rouge Army National Guard Reserve Center Naval Support Activity, New Orleans Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge Roberts U.S. Army Reserve Center, Baton Rouge Maine Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Limestone Naval Reserve Center, Bangor Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Maryland Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Patuxent River Navy Reserve Center, Adelphi Pfc. Flair U.S. Army Reserve Center, Frederick Massachusetts Malony U.S. Army Reserve Center Otis Air Guard Base Westover U.S. Army Reserve Center, Citopee Michigan Navy Reserve Center Marquette Parisan U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lansing Selfridge Army Activity W.K. Kellogg Airport Air Guard Station Minnesota Navy Reserve Center, Duluth Mississippi Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant Naval Station, Pascagoula U.S. Army Reserve Center, Vicksburg Missouri Army National Guard Reserve Center, Jefferson Barracks Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Kansas City Defense Finance and Accounting Service, St. Louis Marine Corps Support Center, Kansas City Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Kansas Navy Reserve Center, Cape Girardeau Montana Galt Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center, Great Falls Nebraska Army National Guard Reserve Center, Columbus Army National Guard Reserve Center, Grand Island Army National Guard Reserve Center, Kearny Naval Recruiting District Headquarters, Omaha Navy Reserve Center, Lincoln Nevada Hawthorne Army Depot New Hampshire Doble U.S. Army Reserve Center, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth New Jersey Fort Monmouth Inspector/Instructor Center, West Trenton Kilmer U.S. Army Reserve Center, Edison New Mexico Cannon Air Force Base Jenkins Armed Forces Reserve Center, Albuquerque New York Armed Forces Reserve Center, Amityville Army National Guard Reserve Center, Niagra Falls Carpenter U.S. Army Reserve Center, Poughkeepsie Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Buffalo Navy Reserve Center Glenn Falls Navy Reserve Center Horsehead Navy Reserve Center Watertown Niagra Falls International Airport Air Guard Station North Carolina Navy Reserve Center, Asheville Niven U.S. Army Reserve Center, Albermarle Ohio Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mansfield Army National Guard Reserve Center, Westerville Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dayton Mansfield Lahm Municipal Airport Air Guard Station Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Akron Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Cleveland Parrott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Kenton U.S. Army Reserve Center, Whitehall Oklahoma Armed Forces Reserve Center Broken Arrow Armed Forces Reserve Center Muskogee Army National Guard Reserve Center Tishomingo Krowse U.S. Army Reserve Center, Oklahoma City Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tulsa Oklahoma City (95th) Pennsylvania Bristol Engineering Field Activity Northeast Kelly Support Center Naval Air Station Willow Grove Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Reading North Penn U.S. Army Reserve Center, Morristown Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station Serrenti U.S. Army Reserve Center, Scranton U.S. Army Reserve Center Bloomsburg U.S. Army Reserve Center Lewisburg U.S. Army Reserve Center Williamsport W. Reese U.S. Army Reserve Center/OMS, Chester Puerto Rico Army National Guard Reserve Center, Humacao Lavergne U.S. Army Reserve Center, Bayamon Rhode Island Harwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Providence USARC Bristol South Carolina Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Charleston South Naval Facilities Engineering Command South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base Tennessee U.S. Army Reserve Area Maintenance Support Facility, Kingsport Texas Army National Guard Reserve Center No. 2, Dallas Army National Guard Reserve Center (Hondo Pass), El Paso Army National Guard Reserve Center, California Crossing Army National Guard Reserve Center, Ellington Army National Guard Reserve Center, Lufkin Army National Guard Reserve Center, Marshall Army National Guard Reserve Center, New Braunfels Brooks City Base Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Antonio Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant Naval Station, Ingleside Navy Reserve Center, Lubbock Navy Reserve Center, Orange Red River Army Depot U.S. Army Reserve Center No. 2, Houston Utah Deseret Chemical Depot Virginia Fort Monroe Washington 1LT Richard H. Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center Army National Guard Reserve Center, Everett Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tacoma U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Lawton Vancouver Barracks West Virginia Bias U.S. Army Reserve Center, Huntington Fairmont U.S. Army Reserve Center Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Moundsville Wisconsin Gen. Mitchell International Airport ARS Navy Reserve Center, La Crosse Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Madison Olson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Madison U.S. Army Reserve Center, O'Connell Wyoming Army Aviation Support Facility, Cheyenne Army National Guard Reserve Center, Thermopolis
"He predicted forces will move to the West Coast from the East since threats in Europe have been replaced by concerns emerging from across the Pacific. In addition, more forces could move south, where land is cheaper than in the Northeast." China?
That's just the closures - a lot of other sites are losing lots of staff (and some are gaining) through realignment. Under "Germany, Korea, Undistributed" category there are a total of 13,503 positions lost. That's 14,171 military members moved elsewhere (middle east?) and 668 civilian(contractor) positions added. I work for the military and I'm nnot currently directly affected. I'm sure the list will be challenged and modified, Conn was hit hard but I don't see both Groten and Portsmith closing... I have seen a lot here to indicate something else is developing anyway - shifting in staff and access is disconcerting. I need to refresh my resume I think just to keep options open. Anyone wants the complete list with all the numbers I have a PDF, though it's probably available online too. Chelle
Simpsons Fans: there really IS (was, I guess) a Navy Reserves station in Lubbock Texas! I've seen it with my own eyes.
i work at the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center in San Diego and it'll be interesting to see how we are affected with the closings of the Encino and Los Angeles reserve centers. We're currently experiencing a lot of staff cutbacks here, happening over the course of the next few months. My department alone is going from 13 to 6. Casey
If it goes throug as listed now I expect to see quite a few new co-workers. Looks like the west coast will be getting busier.
I used to be a Civil Servant for the Navy, then I 'jumped ship' to work as a DOD contractor. For us, business is booming and we're expanding. Civil Service is downsizing BIG-TIME. Many DOD efforts are going straight to contractors and bypassing Civil Service centers to get work done. By cutting out the middlemen (who brought nothing to the table anyway), more dollars go into the hands of the Contractors who did all the work anyway and were the true SMEs of the systems/products provided to the DOD community. A great deal of the cutbacks were in Reservist bases - few active-duty stations were hit hard. This makes sense, if Reservist activities are being shuffled to active-duty bases. HUGE consolidation in DFAS centers - I'm guessing they'll all be centralized, modernized, and automated to save huge $$$. The only big surprise I saw was Portsmouth.....I guess the Navy has no need for shipbuilding besides Newport News. Lots of Navy functions are being consolidated at Jacksonville and Norfolk. These communities are already strained with huge bases, and the greater concentration of military resources there makes these communities a much bigger target of terrorists.
