DOD Base Closure and Realignment Report to the Commission: Department of the Navy Analyses and Recommendations (Volume IV)

摘要

The purpose of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Title XXIX, Part A of the FY 1991 Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 101-510, as amended) (the Base Closure Act) is to provide a fair process that will result in the timely closure and realignment of military installations inside the United States. The statutorily mandated process is designed to ensure that the recommendations are based objectively on selection criteria and a 20-year Force Structure Plan developed by the Department of Defense (DoD). The recommendations are to be reviewed by an independent Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC Commission), the President, and the Congress. The Base Closure Act, at Section 2909(a), provides, with limited exceptions, that until April 15, 2006 it 'shall be the exclusive authority for selecting for closure or realignment, or for carrying out any closure or realignment of, a military installation inside the United States.' This report constitutes the response of the Department of the Navy to the requirements of the Base Closure Act for the 2005 round of base realignment and closure ('BRAC 2005'). In addition to the Base Closure Act, the Department of the Navy base closure and realignment process is governed by implementing policy and guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy. The chapters that follow will describe the Department of the Navy process, the analyses from which its recommendations were derived, and the considerations that led to particular decisions.