Do you live near or work on a waste of space?

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:03:51 -0500

Please read article link
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/the-pentagons-excess-space.html?referrer=

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Hundreds of houses have been sitting vacant since the nearby Air Force Base closed over 30 years ago. With a population of less than 300 residents, the former military base housing area truly ressembles a ghost town...

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2015 6:05 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:05:27 -0500

I found this article interesting.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2015 6:07 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:07:15 -0500

Unfortunately there are too numerous locations like this that we have no idea exist. What is going to happen to all of the buildings that will be vacated by the 80,000 reduction to the army?

I hope someone is thinking about this.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2015 6:56 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:56:22 -0500

I read the article MAJ Private RallyPoint Member and it is interesting how this type of subject gets blocked.

Although my question is was this not done with the BRAC? If not then it was not properly evaluated then.

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Feb 8 at 2015 7:03 PM

SGT Jim Z. — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:03:56 -0500

I find the story interesting then I look back at the 2005 BRAC that closed Fort McPherson/Gillem in Atlanta, GA. Outside of the VA nothing else has happened with McPherson and the Army Corp of Engineers and the EPA are odds about contamination at Gillem affecting the local community.