by Robert F. Sawallesh
08 January 2005
www.pentagonmaverick.com
Battle lines are already drawn for the Pentagon's BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure ) 2005. The White House, US Congress and the Pentagon are on their roof tops with their picnic baskets open, looking through their binoculars at what may be the BRAC Battle of the Century. See "picnic baskets" at http://www.collectorsnet.com/cwtimes/1bullrun.htm.
With casualties returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is this the time to be downsizing the Military Health Care Delivery System? See http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm. Is the War on Terror going to be a short war or will it last several generations? Is it time for the Pentagon to "Recapture Military Medicine" and put Tricare's Humana Military Health Care Services, TriWest Healthcare Alliance and Health Net Federal Services on a stage coach and send them out of town? See "Tricare 2005 Extravaganza Conference" at http://www.tricare.osd.mil/conferences/2005/default.cfm.
What organizations are on the "battle lines" preparing to defend Army, Navy and Air Force hospitals and military bases against the White House, US Congress and the Pentagon threats? There is an array of organizations ready to do battle. The following are three extracts from the below BRAC related hyperlinks: (1) "Local volunteers...have begun working on strategies and scenarios...in the Department of Defense (DoD) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 process." (2) "...will be paid $6,000 a month for 40 hours of work per month..." and (3) " The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce announced today that the [law] firm...."
The following hyperlinks provide information on the background, history, tactics and strategy of "Operation BRAC."
Pentagon BRAC 2005
http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/
SECDEF PA
http://www.amc.army.mil/about_amc/pabracsupplemental.pdf
BRAC DEFINITIONS
http://www.floridadefense.org/brac/reports/documents/BRAC2005definitions012004.pdf
CARSWELL USAF HOSPITAL > PRISON HOSPITAL
http://www.afrpa.hq.af.mil/factshts/success.htm
ANYONE WANT A MILITARY HOSPITAL?
http://mrgrg-ms.org/doc04.html
MILITARY RETIREE HEALTH CARE
http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/docs/98dodbrac.pdf
(search HOSPITALS)
TRANSFER MILITARY HOSPITALS TO THE PUBLIC
http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/docs/04_0_body032403.pdf
(search HOSPITALS)
POLITICAL FIRESTORM
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1005536/posts
MILITARY PRISONS
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAA/is_5_30/ai_80747107/pg_2
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM $$$$$$$s
http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/defbudget/fy2005/budget_justification/pdfs/dhp/Volume_1/C-FY05_DHP_PB_05-Part_1.xls
RETIREES ON BRAC HEALTH WORKING GROUPS
http://www.moaafl.org/communique/
http://www.keepingapace.com/blogarchives/health_care/an_ideal_appointment.php
DELAY BRAC ?
http://www.house.gov/hostettler/News/Hostettler-news-2004-05-06-delay-brac-round.htm
IN BEST INTEREST OF MILITARY [?]
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/irm/irm_library/Remarks_AUSA.pdf
SO CALLED EXPERTS ON BRAC
https://www.bam.usmc.mil/log/2003/11_20.pdf
GAO BRAC
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04558t.pdf, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03723.pdf,
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d011054t.pdf, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01971.pdf,
http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/ns99036.pdf, http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/ns99017.pdf,
http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/ns97151.pdf, http://www.gao.gov/archive/1996/ns96067.pdf,
http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat1/154008.pdf, http://archive.gao.gov/d20t9/143937.pdf.
http://archive.gao.gov/d26t7/140130.pdf
Governors and Mayors
Council of State Governors, East: http://www.csgeast.org/page.asp?id=weeklynewsbulletin26.
Governors Association: http://www.nga.org/center/topics/1,1188,C_CENTER_ISSUE^D_4504,00.html.
Conference of Mayors (Search BRAC, Upper Right Corner) http://usmayors.org/uscm/home.asp.
Selected States
Florida: http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/library/releases/2003/March/proactive_campaign-03-10-03.html.
Texas: http://www.nga.org/center/frontAndCenter/1,1188,C_FRONT_CENTER%5ED_7135,00.html. California: http://www.savebeale.org/articles/beale_effort.html.
Kansas: http://www.nga.org/center/frontAndCenter/1,1188,C_FRONT_CENTER%5ED_6498,00.html.
Ohio: http://www.governor.ohio.gov/releases/071204bracdc.htm.
New York: http://www.nylovesbiz.com/press/press_display.asp?id=389.
Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-29544_29546_29549-91879--,00.html.
Oklahoma: http://www.nga.org/center/frontAndCenter/1,1188,C_FRONT_CENTER%5ED_6013,00.html. Georgia: http://www.georgiatrend.com/site/page6498.html.
Virginia: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Press_Policy/Releases/2003/Aug03/0812.htm.
Arizona: http://www.svherald.com/articles/2004/08/25/local_news/news1.txt.
BUREAU OF PRISONS
http://www.hnn.navy.mil/Archives/010309/vetbldg_0309.htm
HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LAW FIRM
http://www.peoriachamber.org/goto/NRPSA051204
Camarillo [Volunteers]
http://www.vceda.org/bases/
SOUTH TEXAS
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c650/downloads/Bushell_bracprocess.ppt
FLORIDA SENATE
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/Publications/2004/Senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2004-153ms.pdf
NAVAL HOSPITALS CLOSURE
http://www.navfac.navy.mil/brc/cf-bin/aboutus/accomp.cfm
WALTER REED
http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/stripe/9_35/local_news/30936-1.html
AFIP
http://www.afip.org/Departments/repository/brac.html
SUBMARINE BASE [$6,000 A MONTH]
http://www.house.gov/simmons/print/inthenews274.html
FITZSIMMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
http://www.dtic.mil/envirodod/derpreport97/fit-fri.pdf
KEESLER AFB
http://www.biloxi.ms.us/mayor/stateofthecity/stateofthecity2003high.asp
ARMY HOSPITALS
http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/fy04-05/brac.pdf
(search HOSPITALS)
MILITARY HOSPITALS CLOSURE
http://www.narmc.amedd.army.mil/kacc/Tricare/why_tricare.htm
SAN ANTONIO
http://www.sanantonio.gov/external/pdf/108th%20Federal%20Program-Second%20Session.pdf
(search BRAC)
BEAUFORT
http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/021504/LOCbizbrfs.shtml
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
http://www.cityofsusanville.org/pp/uploads/040217_minutes.htm
(See: Colonel Plemmons)
SAN DIEGO
http://www.sandiegobusiness.org/PDF/BRAC_Report_Brief.pdf
PUERTO RICO
http://www.forusa.org/programs/puertorico/pr_update_0803-2.html
BASE CLOSINGS - NE & MW
http://www.nemw.org/BRAC2005web.pdf
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