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BRAC Commission
08 July 2005
The Honorable Samuel Knox Skinner UL 212005
BRAC Commissioner Received
Base Realignment and Closure Commission
2521 South Clark Street, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22202
Dear Commissioner Skinner,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your recent visit to NSWC
Crane, Crane Army Ammunition Activity, and Southern Indiana. As a concerned
taxpayer I support the work you are doing to ensure that out Military operations remain
as effective and affordable as possible. I realize that you have a very difficult job in
deciding which activities to re-align or close as part of the BRAC process. I hope that
your visit helped you to realize what important assets NSWC Crane and CAAA are to
our Nation's Defense and the Global War On Terrorism.
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
properly followed the law in developing 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,
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