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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: BRAC Starts Voting on Base Closures

WASHINGTON, DC-On this first day of voting on base closure, the commission selects to keep the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT and the Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard open. The closure of Fort Monmouth in New Jersey was approved.

By Barbara Jarvie | Updated on August 24, 2005

WASHINGTON, DC-The nine BRAC commissioners today voted 7 to 1 to keep the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT open. Also off the chopping block is the Portsmouth (NH) Naval Yard. New Jersey’s Fort Monmouth, however, will be closed. Over the next few days, the commissioners will meet and vote on the Department of Defense’s May 13 base closure list recommendations to close or realign military installations across the US. Also to be voted on and decided are the eight added recommendations.

Regarding the Groton base, commission chairman Anthony J. Principi said, “It would be a tragic mistake, a tragic loss to this nation.” The closure would have saved an estimated $1.6 billion. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard encompasses more than 297 acres including the main base and a family housing site off base in Kittery, ME. There are 179 buildings with more than three million sf of space including 49 ship repair/overhaul buildings.

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