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The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the
United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...
in 1993 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It recommended closing 33 major
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military base A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for o ...
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Commissioners

Chairman:
Jim Courter James Andrew Courter (born October 14, 1941) is an American Republican Party politician, lawyer, and businessman. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989, he u ...
Commissioner: CAPT Peter B. Bowman, USN (Ret) Commissioner: Beverly B. Byron Commissioner:
Rebecca G. Cox Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (previously Rebecca Gernhardt Range during White House service) (born October 23, 1954) is an American business executive and former White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Director of the Offic ...
Commissioner: GEN H.T. Johnson, USAF (Ret) Commissioner: Harry C. McPherson Jr. Commissioner: Robert D. Stuart Jr.


Justifications


Recommendations

Major facilities slated for closure included: * Camp Evans * Fort Wingate * Griffiss Air Force Base * Homestead Air Force Base * K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base * March Air Force Base *
Mare Island Naval Shipyard The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates ...
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Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California. Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast. ...
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Naval Air Station Agana Naval Air Station Agana is a former United States Naval air station located on the island of Guam. It was opened by the Japanese Navy in 1943 and closed by the United States government in 1995. During and after its closure, it was operated alongs ...
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Naval Air Station Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring and 07-25 measuring . Two helicopter pads and a control tower were ...
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Naval Air Station Barbers Point Naval Air Station Barbers Point , on O'ahu, also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport. Parts of the former air statio ...
* Naval Air Station Cecil Field * Naval Air Station Dallas * Naval Air Station Glenview *
Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton is the former site of United States Navy facility in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey, just outside the city of Trenton. Opened during the final year of the Korean War in 1953, the center ...
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Naval Aviation Depot Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring and 07-25 measuring . Two helicopter pads and a control tower were a ...
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Naval Aviation Depot Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field (IATA: NGU, ICAO: KNGU, FAA LID: NGU),or LP-1/Chambers Field, is commonly known simply as, Chambers Field, and is named after Captain Washington Irving Chambers. It is a  ...
* Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola * Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center, Saint Inigoes * Naval Hospital Charleston * Naval Hospital Oakland * Naval Hospital Orlando * Naval Station Charleston * Naval Station Mobile * Naval Station Staten Island *
Naval Station Treasure Island Naval Station Treasure Island is a former United States Navy facility that operated on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay from 1942 to 1997. History During World War II, Treasure Island became part of the Treasure Island Naval Base, and serve ...
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Naval Supply Center, Oakland The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland was a supply facility operated by the U.S. Navy in Oakland, California. During World War II, it was a major source of supplies and war materials for ships operating in the Pacific. The Depot had it ...
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Naval Training Center Orlando A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It inclu ...
* Naval Training Center San Diego * Newark Air Force Base * O'Hare Air Reserve Station *
Plattsburgh Air Force Base Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km²) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlingt ...
* Vint Hill Farms Station


See also

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Loss of Strength Gradient The Loss of Strength Gradient (LSG) is a military concept devised by Kenneth E. Boulding in his 1962 book ''Conflict and Defense: A General Theory''. He argued that the amount of a nation's military power that could be brought to bear in any part ...


References


External links


Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission 1993 Report to the President
* {{cite web , url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/153215.pdf , title=Military Bases: Analysis of DOD's Recommendations and Selection Process for Closures and Realignments , date=April 15, 1993 , website=U.S. GAO:Office of Public Affairs , publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office , oclc=28011981 1993 in the United States Base Realignment and Closure Commission