BRAC's big date this week

Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | 03/13/05 | Editor

[SandRat]

And the wrangling is about to begin.

[MikefromOhio]

Being BRAC'd is not fun....

My dad got BRAC'd at Ft. Ritchie in 1995.

of course it got me out of the hell hole that is Pennsylvania and specifically, Waynesboro, so I can't complain too much.

[B Knotts]

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Don't they have guards at Fort Huachuca anymore?
It seems they can not even control the borders of an Army base.

[MEG33]

Better make some nachos and pop some corn..This will be quite a show.

[realpatriot]

I "got BRAC'd" in 1977, Kincheloe AFB, MI. I often wonder how the local community, Kinross, Rudyard, and Pickford faired.

[nw_arizona_granny]

To be appointed to this study group, will be dangerous.

LOL

How does on make that decision?

There would be no way to please everyone.

Maybe the push will once again be as it was in Long Beach,
and China wanted a navy base in California.

[MikefromOhio]

I know Waynesboro went to hell in a handbasket, but really, now that I think about it, it remained pretty much the same.

The people there have no goals and only want to stay in the same location their entire lives. Some of them dont even know their way around local places like Chambersburg or Hagerstown, MD, both less than 30 miles away. It's pathetic to me, but I am an Army brat used to moving around and bigger communities like say, NYC or Augusta or even Clarksville, TN

The last I heard, the town was overrun with drug dealers.

[rabidralph]

LOL! I love Brak. "I've got a doodle in my noodle and its name is Minky Boodle."

[MikefromOhio]

Don't they have guards at Fort Huachuca anymore? It seems they can not even control the borders of an Army base.

huh?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

CRIMINAL INVADERS go through the fort like it was swiss cheese.

[MikefromOhio]

Source?

Not just hearsay, a story if you please....

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1337349/posts

[MikefromOhio]

Interesting...

I guess using the military to "seal off" the border isnt a good plan then huh?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

No it is a good idea and our fine troops can do the job if they are allowed to perform.
I believe it is a case of C2COs not allowing their men the means to do their job.

[SandRat]

POLL

What do you think will happen to Fort Huachuca once the final Base Realignment and Closure process decision is made?

It will remain open with more missions.	35.5%
It will remain open with the same missions.	9.7%
It will remain open with fewer missions.	6.5%
It will be closed.	48.4%
Total Votes: 31 Your Vote: It will remain open with more missions.

This opinion despite this.

Southern Arizona's major employers, ranked by number of full-time-equivalent employees (FTE).

1 U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca
Brig. Gen. Brian Keller, deputy commanding general,
huachuca-www.army.mil
* Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 *
(520) 533-2752
FTE: 12,250,
+/-: 311 (+2.6%),
Payroll: N/A,
Avg Employee Pay: N/A

[MikefromOhio]

I dont know about that.

Ft. Huachuca is a big base. It would take a lot of manpower to cover every foot of it.

It would take a lot MORE manpower to cover our borders.

[SandRat]

When I first got here in '72 we had an MP BN now we have an understrength MP Detachment with DoD rent-a-cops. All courtesy of the "PEACE DIVIDEND."

[SandRat]

Nah Fry-bread and beef ribs just dripping with BBQ sauce, let not get silly gotta have Cervesa to wash it down. Dos Eces - por favor y muy pronto!