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BRAC Commission
08 July 2005
JUL 21 2005
Admiral (Ret.) Harold Gehman
Commissioner Received
Base Realignment and Closure Commission
2521 South Clark Street, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22202
Dear Admiral Gehman,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attention to the
delegation from Indiana during the recent BRAC Hearing in St. Louis. I hope that the
testimony helped you realize the importance of Indiana Military installations, in
particular NSWC Crane and Crane Army Ammunition Activity, to our Nation's Defense
and the Global War On Terrorism. As a concerned taxpayer I support the work you are
doing to ensure that our Military operations remain as effective and affordable as
possible. I also realize that you have a very difficult job in deciding which activities to
re-align or close as part of the BRAC process.
I have been following the BRAC process closely since the proposed closure/re-alignment
list was published and I am growing increasingly concerned that DOD has not followed
sound judgment in making some of its recommendations. The DOD is required to take
into account the return on investment resulting from its closure/re-alignment
recommendations. Crane has become a one-stop shop for specialized weapons for our
Special Forces Warfighters. Crane did this by being responsive, innovative, technically
superior and affordable for these outstanding soldiers. As our reputation for delivering
what the customer needed, when it was needed, at a cost that was affordable, more work
was brought to us. The proposal to the commission to realign work to China Lake and
Picatinny will now split the support to Special Forces to different locations. This will add
cost, reduce efficiency and cause a loss in intellectual capital that could take years to
replace.
I urge you to reconsider the recommendation to re-align work from NSWC
Crane by properly taking into account the Return On Investment requirements of
BRAC law.
Very Respectfully,
ocsU
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