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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NEW ORLEANS
SLOUISIANA
National News Articles
La. Could Lose New Orleans Naval Support Center
Local News Articles
Base Closure Commission Will Travel to New Orleans
Commander: Belle Chasse Can Easily Support Additional Personnel
Louisiana Economic Development Comments on BRAC
N.O. Base Takes Hit in Round 1
State Leaders Bemoan Possible Loss of Military Bases
Editorial/Opinion Articles
National News Articles
La. could lose New Orleans Naval support center
May 13, 2005
By Ana Radelat
Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON - Louisiana would be nicked, but not hard, by the Pentagon's plans to close
4 down military bases and move units.
The Naval Support Activity Center in New Orleans is on a list released Friday of military bases
' IIthe Pentagon wants to close or restructure. Closing down the base would cost about 2,700 jobs in
the state, the Pentagon said.
But Barksdale Air Force Base and Fort Polk, the state's two largest military installations, would
not be hurt by this year's round of base closings and reorganizations. Barksdale, in fact, would
grow by 65 jobs under the Pentagon's plan.
Most of Louisiana's congressional lawmakers breathed a sign of relief that the Base Realignment
and Closure (BRAC) process did not hit the state harder.
"All things considered, it's a good thing for the state," said Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie. "It
could have been far worse."
But Vitter and others expressed dismay at the prospect of closing the Naval Support Activity
Center.
Vitter said he had immediately appealed to Anthony Principi, the head of a nine-member base-
closing panel that will review the Pentagon's recommendations.
The Pentagon's plans would relocate the Naval Support Activity Center's missions to bases in
Tennessee and other states.ii
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