Let's start with defense business: Northrop bought Grumman by Northrop followed by the purchase of of the new conglomerate of Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group in 1996
Lockheed bought Martin Marietta
Boeign acquired Rockwell and McDonnel Douglas.
Brutal consolidation. Expect further consolidation.
Mooolah copiously being spread on the Germany economy.
Troops wihdrawal. Oh, we are going to lose the money the soldiers spend here!
english.peopledaily.com.cn
Please kkep the troops. We need the USD!!
GERMANS JOIN PLEA TO KEEP US ON RHINE; They Request, as Do the Allies, That Troops Remain Beyond July 1, Date Set to Leave
This will soon be addressed as the taxpayers' money is wasted by the defesne caste of the US will soon dry up
g2mil.com
Of course the US itself has been spared of the post-Cold War savings. But ther is a lot more to be made in terms of shrinking military establishment.
Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC):
More than 350 installations have been closed in four BRAC rounds: 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995. The most recent round of BRAC completed in the fall of 2005 and with the commission's recommendations became law in November of 2005.
[edit] BRAC Rounds
[edit] 1988 Commission
Alabama Ammunition Plant; Chanute AFB, IL; Fort Douglas, UT; Fort Sheridan, IL; Fort Wingate, NM; George AFB, CA; Hamilton Army Airfield, CA; Jefferson Proving Ground, IN; Lexington Army Depot, KY; Mather AFB, CA; Norton AFB, CA; Naval Station Galveston, TX; Naval Station Lake Charles, LA; Naval Station New York, Brooklyn; Pease AFB, NH; Presidio of San Francisco; Leased Space - Alexandria, VA;
[edit] 1991 Commission
Bergstrom AFB (Active Component only), Carswell AFB, Castle AFB, Chase FIeld NAS, Eaker AFB, England AFB, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Devens, Fort Ord, Grissom AFB, Treasure Island NS Hunters Pt Annex, Lowry AFB, Loring AFB, Moffett NAS, Myrtle Beach AFB, NAV ElecSysEngrCtr, Naval Station Long Beach, Naval Station Philadelphia, Naval Station Puget Sound, Philadelphia Naval Complex, Presidio of Monterey, Richards-Gebaur ARS, Rickenbacker AGB, Sacramento Army Depot, Tustin MCAS, Williams AFB, Wurtsmith AFB,
[edit] 1993 Commission
The 1993 Commision report included[1] Camp Evans - Fort Monmouth, Cecil Field NAS, El Toro MCAS, Homestead AFB, K.I. Sawyer AFB March AFB, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Naval Air Station Agana, Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Naval Air Station Dallas, Naval Air Station Glenview, Naval Air Station Alameda, Naval Aviation Depot Alameda, Naval Aviation Depot Norfolk, Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola, Naval Hospital Charleston, Naval Hospital Oakland, Naval Hospital Orlando, Naval Station Charleston, Naval Station Mobile, Naval Station Staten Island, Naval Station Treasure Island, Naval Training Center Orlando, Naval Training Center San Diego, NESEC, St. Inigoes, Newark AFB, O'Hare IAP ARS, Plattsburgh AFB, San Diego NTC, Vint Hill Farms
[edit] 1995 Commission
Adak NAF, Bergstrom AFB, Camp Bonneville, Castle Air Force Base, US Army Operations Fitzsimons, Fort Chafee, Fort Greely, Fort Indiantown Gap, Fort McClellan, Fort Pickett, Fort Ritchie, Letterkenny Army Depot, Mcclellan AFB, Military Ocean Terminal, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Indianapolis, Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, NAWC, Aircraft Div., Warminster, NAWC, Crane Division Detachment, NSWC, Dahlgren Division Detachment, Oakland Army Base, Ontario IAP Air Guard Station, Red River Army Depot, Reese AFB, Roslyn Air Guard Station, Savanna Army Depot Activity, Seneca AD, Sierra Army Depot, Ship Repair Facility, Guam, South Weymouth NAS, Stratford Army Engine Plant
Source: Office of the Secretary of Defense, Base Realignment and Closure
The Air Force initially planned to buy 750 F-22s when the program first began in the 1980s, but that number has been whittled lower due to rising costs, budget pressures and competition from other weapons programs. |
