Saturday, May 14, 2005

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)

How will BRAC affect you? Follow the money. The most interesting trail is provided by contractors, for example, GMH Communities Trust is a publicly-traded Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT). Today almost every on base service from garbage pickup to weapons repair including housing, police protection - but oddly not yet fire proctection - and a host of other services that until about 1980 were provided by civilian employees and military personnel are now provided by contractors. And, from GMH's press releases there seems to be enough money to keep the investors interested.


Additional current BRAC information can be found at:

  • Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), from Global Security, a private information machine.
  • Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), a USGovt DOD site.
  • U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) FAQ, another USGovt DOD site.
  • The usual suspects from Google "BRAC site:dod.gov"
  • And, even more of the usual suspects from Google "BRAC"
  • Enjoy!

    2 comments:

    Popeye said...

    Recent related items:
    More Closings Ahead, Old Bases Still Wait for Hopes to Be Filled
    By DEAN E. MURPHY
    City officials across the U.S. continue to wait on the promises of redevelopment that came with the previous rounds of base closings.
    From The New York Times, Sunday 15 May 2005

    Popeye said...

    Recent related items:
    Pentagon Seeks to Shut Dozens of Bases Across Nation
    By ERIC SCHMITT
    The Pentagon recommended closing nearly 180 installations, including 33 big bases, in the first major restructuring in a decade.
    From The New York Times, Saturday 14 May 2005