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Have been meaning to post this, but just found the link on line, read the hard copy in the paper last week.
Patuxent River Naval Air Station and its 22,000-plus jobs are not at great risk of closure or realignment whenever the next federal round of military base closures comes, according to a report issued last week.
The Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, with $75,000 from the St. Mary’s County commissioners, hired a consultant for $60,000, which produced the report about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Pax River and its facilities.
During 1993 and 1995 base realignment and closure decisions, “the Navy deliberately prepared NAS Patuxent River and Webster Field Annex to become enduring installations,” the report said.
I did notice on one of the Weaknesses listed. Good old MD.
Some weaknesses cited in the report:
• Mission sensitivity. The sensitivity and complexity of the work done at Patuxent River “inhibit the ability to easily understand the missions in a way that earns broader support for their sustainment.” While it doesn’t apply to those directly involved, “it does hinder the ability to educate non-technical, political, professional, media, decision- and/or influence-makers and potential supporters.”
“It’s our very uniqueness, it makes the work less understood by our decision-makers,” Finnacom said. “It points out uniqueness is also a weakness because it’s not well understood.”
• High energy costs, the high cost of doing business in Maryland and locally high housing costs. “Analysis of the difference in rates demonstrates an additional cost of several thousand dollars annually to assign military personnel to NAS Patuxent River instead of competing installations.”
http://www.somdnews.com/article/20140716/NEWS/140719661&template=southernMaryland
Patuxent River Naval Air Station and its 22,000-plus jobs are not at great risk of closure or realignment whenever the next federal round of military base closures comes, according to a report issued last week.
The Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, with $75,000 from the St. Mary’s County commissioners, hired a consultant for $60,000, which produced the report about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Pax River and its facilities.
During 1993 and 1995 base realignment and closure decisions, “the Navy deliberately prepared NAS Patuxent River and Webster Field Annex to become enduring installations,” the report said.
I did notice on one of the Weaknesses listed. Good old MD.
Some weaknesses cited in the report:
• Mission sensitivity. The sensitivity and complexity of the work done at Patuxent River “inhibit the ability to easily understand the missions in a way that earns broader support for their sustainment.” While it doesn’t apply to those directly involved, “it does hinder the ability to educate non-technical, political, professional, media, decision- and/or influence-makers and potential supporters.”
“It’s our very uniqueness, it makes the work less understood by our decision-makers,” Finnacom said. “It points out uniqueness is also a weakness because it’s not well understood.”
• High energy costs, the high cost of doing business in Maryland and locally high housing costs. “Analysis of the difference in rates demonstrates an additional cost of several thousand dollars annually to assign military personnel to NAS Patuxent River instead of competing installations.”
http://www.somdnews.com/article/20140716/NEWS/140719661&template=southernMaryland
And BRAC was part of the Defense Authorization Act introduced by Les Aspin during the 101st Congress and Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress.