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flAC Commission
JUL 13 2005
Received
Dear Commissioners:
I am writing this letter to express my serious concerns with the Base Realignment And Closure
(BRAC) recommendations that you are currently reviewing. It is recommended that the Crane
Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center have 672 jobs realigned to other activities.
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division has a long history of supporting our nation's
Warfighters dating back to the start of World War 11 in 1941. Crane has demonstrated the ability
to evolve to meet the challenging and changing needs of the men and women that wear the
uniform of the United States of America. Crane's employees are skilled and highly trained to
provide the necessary support today and are engaged in preparing for the future Defense of our
Country.
Crane has been a leader in providing the best value to the Warfighter by increasing the efficiency
of our processes through Business and Process Reengineering. In the past three years, Crane has
accelerated the pace of our improvements by implementing Lean principles. These efforts have
garnered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost savings, and have led to improved
responsiveness and customer satisfaction. In recognition of our extensive continuous
improvement successes, Crane has received the following awards: 2002 Commander in Chief's
Award for Installation Excellence, 2002 and 2004 DoD Value Engineering Awards, 2004
NAVSEA Engineer of the Year, 2005 NAVSEA's High Performing Organization.
The commitment required to implement such extensive change is in large part due to the sense of
ownership Crane's employees feel about this installation. Many of the employees are veterans
who have supported their country through military service and have elected to return to work as
civil servants. Many employees possess technical degrees with vast knowledge and experience
and have chosen to stay in the workplace past their retirement age due to their dedication to the
country during this time of war and threat of terrorism. Crane's recognition as a leader in
technical areas has allowed it to recruit new employees, providing the skills, knowledge, and
abilities to support the current Warfighter as well as the Warfighter after next.
As highlighted in the BRAC guidance, Military Value is an important criteria being used to
determine where work should be performed. Crane seemed to score quite well, yet scenarios
were only run looking at removing work from Crane. Many installations that are scheduled to
receive work from realignments scored lower than Crane's in Military Value. This concerns me,
as it appears that the recommendations concerning Crane stray from the stated evaluation criteria.
One area that truly represents Crane's high Military Value is our exceptional support of the
nation's Special Operations Forces in the Global War on Terrorism. The U.S. Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) and other Special Operations customers have come to rely on Crane as
their preferred source for night vision, small arms, ordnance, targeting systems, and other
equipment. Crane is able to rapidly field solutions for these special mission requirements due to
the co-located technical expertise that has been developed in areas such as electro-optics, lasers,
small arms/ammunition, power supplies, and pyrotechnics.
Crane's integrated, multifunctional capabilities are not only well suited for support.of Special
Operations Forces, but provide the perfect environment for rapidly fielding solutions to the Force
Protection challenges faced by our Warfighters. For example, in response to the attack on the
USS Cole in 2000, Crane created the Integrated Radar Optical Sighting Surveillance System
(IROSSS), an integrated weapons, electro-optic, radar, and software system that allows ships to
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Brey, Stephen K. [Letters from Three Citizens to BRAC Commissioners - 2005], letter, July 19, 2005; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc17956/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.