Regional Hearings - Statements and Testimony 7 July 2005 National Capital Area Page: 4 of 6
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OF EXPERIENCED SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS THAT WILL
START SOON AFTER SEPTEMBER 8TH AND HINDER OUR CURRENT EFFORTS
TO SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTERS AND PROTECT THEM FROM ROADSIDE
BOMBS/IED'S. PREVIOUS BRAC LABORATORY RELOCATIONS HAVE ALL
LOST MORE THAN 60% OF THEIR PERSONNEL. RECONSTITUTION WILL BE
EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT. SENSOR TECHNOLOGISTS REQUIRE MANY
YEARS OF TRAINING BEYOND THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION. HIRING HIGH
QUALITY TECHNOLOGISTS WITH CIVILIAN SERVICE SALARIES AND DELAYS
IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE, THE GRADUATE
STUDENTS IN PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING AT THE NEARBY UNIVERSITIES OF
JOHNS HOPKINS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ARE ALMOST TWO-
THIRDS FOREIGN NATIONALS AND THEREBY INELIGIBLE FOR THE
REQUIRED SECURITY CLEARANCES. MOVING THE NIGHT VISION
LABORATORY WILL DESTROY THE CURRENT CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE
AND RISKS LOSING THE HUMAN CAPITAL WE NEED TO FIGHT THE WAR ON
TERRORISM. IT ONLY COSTS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY - AS FT. BELVOIR IS
NOT CLOSING AND THE BELVOIR LABORATORY FACILITIES WILL HAVE TO
BE REBUILT AT TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE AT ABERDEEN, MD. (PAUSE) DR.
MILTON SEES NO COMPENSATING SYNERGY TO BE GAINED BY THE MOVE.
THERE IS NO SENSOR WORK CURRENTLY AT ABERDEEN AND NO NEED TO
CO-LOCATE WITH THE REST OF CERDEC. THIS ENDI)S DR. MILTON'S
REMARKS.
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