2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Report: Volume 1 Page: 55
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345th Quartermaster Water Support Battalion from Midwest City if the state of Oklahoma decides to relocate those
National Guard units.
Close the Robbins United States Army Reserve Center located in Enid, OK, and relocate units into a new Armed Forces
Reserve Center and Consolidated Field Maintenance Shop on Vance Air Force Base, OK. The new AFRC shall have the
capability to accommodate Oklahoma Army National Guard units from the following Oklahoma Army National Guard
facilities: Enid, Alva, Woodward, Blackwell, Cherokee, Watonga, and the National Guard Field Maintenance Shop in Enid,
OK, if the state of Oklahoma decides to relocate those National Guard units.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JUSTIFICATION
This recommendation transforms Reserve Component facilities throughout the State of Oklahoma. The implementation of
this recommendation will enhance military value, improve homeland defense capability, greatly improve training and
deployment capability, create significant efficiencies and cost savings, and is consistent with the Army's force structure plans
and Army transformational objectives.
This recommendation is the result of a state-wide analysis of Reserve Component installations and facilities conducted by a
team of functional experts from Headquarters, Department of the Army, the Office of the State Adjutant General, and the
Army Reserve Regional Readiness Command.
This recommendation closes eleven Army Reserve centers, realigns five Army Reserve facilities and constructs seven joint or
multicomponent, multifunctional Armed Forces Reserve Centers (AFRCs) throughout the State of Oklahoma, capable of
accommodating National Guard and Reserve units. This recommendation reduces military manpower and associated costs
for maintaining existing facilities by collapsing units from sixty-four geographically separated facilities into seven modern,
multicomponent facilities. These joint-use facilities will significantly reduce operating costs and create improved business
processes. The Department understands that the State of Oklahoma will close forty Oklahoma Army National Guard
Readiness Centers, close five Maintenance Facilities, realign two Readiness Centers and one Maintenance Facility. The
Armed Forces Reserve Centers will have the capability to accommodate these units if the state decides to relocate the units
from these closed facilities into the new AFRCs.
This recommendation considered feasible locations within the demographic and geographic areas of the closing facilities and
affected units. The sites selected were determined as the best locations because they optimize the Reserve Components'
ability to recruit and retain Reserve Component soldiers and to train and mobilize units affected by this recommendation.
This recommendation provides the opportunity for other Local, State, or Federal organizations to partner with the Reserve
Components to enhance homeland security and homeland defense at a reduced cost to those agencies.
Although not captured in the COBRA analysis, this recommendation avoids an estimated $61.9M in mission facility
renovation costs and procurement avoidances associated with meeting AT/FP construction standards and altering existing
facilities to meet unit training and communications requirements. Consideration of these avoided costs would reduce costs
and increase the net savings to the Department of Defense in the 6-year BRAC implementation period and in the 20-year
period used to calculate NPV.
COMMUNITY CONCERNS
There were no formal expressions from the community.
COMMISSION FINDINGS
The Commission found no reason to disagree with the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense. In addition, the
Commission notes that the Army's process was well thought-out and inclusive of the leadership of the Reserve Components
and the State.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
The Commission found the Secretary's recommendation consistent with the final selection criteria and force structure plan.
Therefore, the Commission approved the recommendation of the Secretary.
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