[FreedomCalls]

What a terrible waste to have been renovating operations' infrastructures these last two or three years with the possibility of closure looming

If you have ever been on a base that was closing you will find a furious level of new building and rebuilding in an effort to stave off the closure. Those that are pretty secure don't have to prove themselves -- the mission does that. Those with a dubious mission will overbuild at the last minute to try to compensate.

[wingblade]

ok, that makes perfect sense. I guess...