Four Ga. bases, three in the metro area, recommended for closure. Albany, Augusta, Valdosta & Warner Robins survive BRAC 5.
Four Georgia military bases - including three in the Atlanta metropolitan area - are being recommended for closure by the Pentagon.
Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Fort Gillem in Forest Park, the Naval Air Station-Atlanta in Marietta and the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens were included on a nationwide list.
The four bases slated for closure in Georgia represented almost one-eighth of the total closures nationwide, yet the state actually stands to gain 7,423 defense jobs through gains at other bases. Fort Benning in Columbus would gain the most - 9,839 jobs. Fort McPherson, which is Atlanta's seventh largest employer, would lose the most - 4,141 jobs.
[It is noted that the foregoing figures of defense job gains does not include about 75,000 troops being brought back to the continental U.S. from Europe and Asia.]
Two other military installations, the Inspector/Instructor facility in Rome and the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Columbus, were also on the list. They each have nine military employees and no civilian employees.
Fort McPherson is home to three major headquarters - the U.S. Army Forces Command, 3rd U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve Command. Fort Gillem is a satellite of McPherson in nearby Forst Park, and it houses the headquarters for the U.S. Army Recruiting Brigade and 1st U.S. Army.
Gillem is Clayton County's third largest employer. Together McPherson and Gillem have military personnel numbering 6,133 and a civilian work force of 4,952 - for a total annual payroll of $512 million.
The Navy Supply Corps School in Athens is Georgia's smallest military installation, open since 1954. It's a training school and a support center for active duty personnel stationed at ROTC units and recruiting stations in northeast Georgia. It has a military population of 130, a civilian work force of 193 and an annual payroll of $8.7 million.
The proposed list will now be considered by a federal base closing commission. In four previous rounds of closures since 1988, past commissions have signed off on 85 percent of bases the Pentagon recommended for closure or consolidation.
One surviving base that had been speculated as a candidate for closure in the latest round was the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany. The base is one of the top employers in southwest Georgia, and its economic impact to the community tops $1 billion annually.
(5-13-05, The Associated Press.)
Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Fort Gillem in Forest Park, the Naval Air Station-Atlanta in Marietta and the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens were included on a nationwide list.
The four bases slated for closure in Georgia represented almost one-eighth of the total closures nationwide, yet the state actually stands to gain 7,423 defense jobs through gains at other bases. Fort Benning in Columbus would gain the most - 9,839 jobs. Fort McPherson, which is Atlanta's seventh largest employer, would lose the most - 4,141 jobs.
[It is noted that the foregoing figures of defense job gains does not include about 75,000 troops being brought back to the continental U.S. from Europe and Asia.]
Two other military installations, the Inspector/Instructor facility in Rome and the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Columbus, were also on the list. They each have nine military employees and no civilian employees.
Fort McPherson is home to three major headquarters - the U.S. Army Forces Command, 3rd U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve Command. Fort Gillem is a satellite of McPherson in nearby Forst Park, and it houses the headquarters for the U.S. Army Recruiting Brigade and 1st U.S. Army.
Gillem is Clayton County's third largest employer. Together McPherson and Gillem have military personnel numbering 6,133 and a civilian work force of 4,952 - for a total annual payroll of $512 million.
The Navy Supply Corps School in Athens is Georgia's smallest military installation, open since 1954. It's a training school and a support center for active duty personnel stationed at ROTC units and recruiting stations in northeast Georgia. It has a military population of 130, a civilian work force of 193 and an annual payroll of $8.7 million.
The proposed list will now be considered by a federal base closing commission. In four previous rounds of closures since 1988, past commissions have signed off on 85 percent of bases the Pentagon recommended for closure or consolidation.
One surviving base that had been speculated as a candidate for closure in the latest round was the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany. The base is one of the top employers in southwest Georgia, and its economic impact to the community tops $1 billion annually.
(5-13-05, The Associated Press.)
posted by Sid Cottingham | 9:31 AM
2 Comments:
Looks like Georgia didn't do too bad. Will be number two in country for gains overall.
Here's the thing,
Fort Mac is one of the few things that bolsters the economy of South Fulton County, with its 4,141 jobs.
Also, Fort McPherson is the HQ of the 3rd Army and has been key to our efforts in the War on Terror.
Maybe it's possible to justify the closings of the other bases, but I can't see any possible way to justify closing Fort Mac.
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