City of Newport News Community Input August 5 2005 Page: 3 of 108

                                
BRAC Issues with Fort Eustis

Questions that need to be answered about the cost benefit of moving the US Army
Aviation Logistics School (USAALS) from Fort Eustis to Fort Rucker
How is it possible to accomplish the USAALS training mission at Fort Rucker with
the stated BRAC resources?
o Answer: It is not possible to meet the mission with the BRAC allocation of 219
personnel. The BRAC savings is based on elimination of personnel positions.
Any requirement for personnel above the 219 called for in the BRAC eliminates
savings.
o  FY07 personnel authorization for USAALS at Fort Eustis is 602 people
o BRAC calls for all but 219 of the 602 positions to be eliminated prior to the
move to Fort Rucker.
o If all 219 personnel moved were instructors it would fall short by 175
instructors of the number required to train the student load.
o In addition to instructors there is no commonality between Training
Developers and administrative support staff between USAALS and Fort
Rucker.
What is the commonality between the course material taught at Fort Eustis and the
course material taught at Fort Rucker?
o Answer: There is no commonality in training that will enable "consolidation"
as called for in BRAC
o The training currently conducted at Fort Eustis is for initial entry level
enlisted aviation personnel and Basic Non Commissioned Officer Courses.
o Fort Rucker conducts pilot training for student officers.
What is the military construction cost requirement to support the BRAC?
o Answer: Nearly half billion dollars in Military Construction (MILCON)
o BRAC COBRA data base estimated approximately 494 million
dollars in new construction at Fort Rucker.
o BRAC calls for more than 2 million net square feet to be built for
USAALS at Rucker.
What will the disruption to the Army aviation maintenance training mission of as a
result of this move?
o Answer: Unknown. The move is predicated on a construction schedule that
must be synchronized with the recruiting command and orchestrated with
transportation assets to ensure no more than a 90 day disruption in each
course over the move years (estimate 3 years to move)
o Each course to be moved must be shut down at Fort Eustis, moved
over a 90 day period, and restarted at Fort Rucker
o Facilities must be designed, built and ready for occupancy prior to
move.

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