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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (97268)	5/2/2003 3:20:06 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It's staying for now... A go as in closing, or expanding? Army OKs plan to shut Giessen-area bases estripes.com HEIDELBERG, Germany — The Army has approved a three-year plan to shut down a cluster of bases in the Giessen area north of Frankfurt by 2008, according to a Pentagon announcement. Home of 1st Armored Division’s 1st Brigade and the 284th Base Support Battalion, about a dozen facilities in the Giessen area will be affected. The closures are part of the Army’s plans to consolidate forces at its sprawling Grafenwöhr training range while streamlining hundreds of bases across Europe, according to the Pentagon announcement. [cont'd...]

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (97268)	5/2/2003 4:24:56 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

units from Hessen will be moved permanently to Grafenwöhr. The headcount in this case stays, it's just one location less - they had their shooting range in Grafenwöhr anyhow and that means cca 300 miles drive one way. I know Grafenwöhr from (sort of) far away, drove around it for years without realizing what's all in there. Oberpfalz - strange, solitary part of Germany, but not very far from anywhere - like, it's 20 30 miles to Wagner's Bayreuth and possibly 40 to Nürnberg. 20 to Chech border. RegZ dj