The Pentagon’s anxiously awaited list of base realignment and closure recommendations calls for closing four major Texas installations and realigning a half a dozen others.

The plan would mean a met gain of more than 9,000 personnel in Texas, but none of the growth would be at Fort Hood, which actually stands to lose 73 troops under the recommendation.

A preliminary review of the plan indicated that under the recommendation Fort Hood would lose a 9,100-member brigade to Fort Carson, Colo., but would gain an almost equal troops from an as-yet undetermined source, said Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, who was in Central Texas to announce subcommittee approval of an increase in veterans health care funding and authorization of a joint study between Fort Hood and the Waco VA Hospital of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Fort Hood would also lose 118 civilian jobs under the plan. Statewide the plan would mean a loss of 3,175 civilian jobs.

Fort Bliss in El Paso and Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio would receive additional troops under the recommendations announced Friday. Fort Bliss would have a net gain of 11, 354 troops under the plan and Fort Sam Houston would have a net gain of 7,648.

The Defense Department is proposing to create a San Antonio regional medical center.

It proposes moving the medical function of the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall Medical Center at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base across town to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston. Wilford Hall would be converted to an ambulatory care center.

The Pentagon proposes closing the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the Red River Army Depot, both near Texarkana.

Also proposed for elimination are Naval Station Ingleside, near Corpus Christi, and Brooks City Base in San Antonio.

Army National Guard Reserve Centers recommended for closing are located in Dallas, El Paso, Ellington Air Field in Houston, Lufkin, Marshall and New Braunfels. Naval Reserve stations in Orange and Lubbock also are recommended for closing along with an Army Reserve base in Houston.

Six bases would be realigned, including Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Sheppard Air Force Base.

Sheppard Air Force Base would lose more than 2,600 military and civilian jobs under the Pentagon realignment proposal.

The Pentagon plan would relocate many maintenance technicians and logistic support personnel from Sheppard's Joint Strike Fighter site to Florida's Eglin Air Force Base.

Nationwide, Defense Undersecretary Michael Wynne says the Pentagon wants to shutter 33 of the 318 major domestic military sites, and realign 29 more.

Wynne says the moves are a "very important component" of transforming the military to face today's threats.

At a Pentagon news conference, Wynne said the plan promotes military cooperation, which he called "key to creating military value."

He says the military will save nearly $65 billion if all the force shifts around the world are included.

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission will review the Pentagon list and send its own recommendations to President Bush. He must issue a list to Congress by September 23.

Congress has 45 days to reject it before it becomes official.

In all, Texas has 18 major military installations that employ about 230,000 uniformed personnel and civilians.

State officials say the economic benefit to the state from the installations is about $43 billion a year.

Since 1988, 17 Texas military bases have been closed and several others realigned in other base closure rounds.

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TEXAS BASES RECOMMENDED FOR CLOSING:

Army National Guard Reserve Center No. 2, Dallas
Army National Guard Reserve Center (Hondo Pass), El Paso
Army National Guard Reserve Center, California Crossing
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Ellington
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Lufkin
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Marshall
Army National Guard Reserve Center, New Braunfels
Brooks City Base, San Antonio
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Antonio
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana
Naval Station, Ingleside
Navy Reserve Center, Lubbock
Navy Reserve Center, Orange
Red River Army Depot, Texarkana
U.S. Army Reserve Center No. 2, Houston

TEXAS BASES RECOMMENDED FOR GAINS IN PERSONNEL:

Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene (310 military/64 civilian)
Fort Bliss, El Paso (11,354 military/147 civilian)
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio (7,648 military/1,716 civilian)
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio (102 military/80 civilian)
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth (276 military/38 civilian)
Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio (loses 412 military, but gains 694 civilian)

OTHER BASES RECOMMENDED FOR CLOSURE

Alabama:
Abbott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuskegee
Anderson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Troy
Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mobile
BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center, Montgomery
Fort Ganey Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mobile
Fort Hanna Army National Guard Reserve Center, Birmingham
Gary U.S. Army Reserve Center, Enterprize
Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Montgomery
Navy Reserve Center, Tuscaloosa
The Adjutant General Bldg, AL Army National Guard, Montgomery
Wright U.S. Army Reserve Center

Alaska:
Kulis Air Guard Station

Arizona:
Air Force Research Lab, Mesa
Allen Hall Armed Forces Reserve Center, Tucson

Arkansas:
El Dorado Armed Forces Reserve Center
Stone U.S. Army Reserve Center, Pine Bluff

California:
Armed Forces Reserve Center Bell
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Oakland
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Bernardino
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Diego
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Seaside
Naval Support Activity Corona
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Encino
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Los Angeles
Onizuka Air Force Station
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

Connecticut:
Sgt. Libby U.S. Army Reserve Center, New Haven
Submarine Base New London
Turner U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fairfield
U.S. Army Reserve Center Maintenance Support Facility,Middletown

Delaware:
Kirkwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Newark

Florida:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Orlando
Navy Reserve Center, St. Petersburg

Georgia:
Fort Gillem
Fort McPherson
Inspector/Instructor, Rome
Naval Air Station Atlanta
Naval Supply Corps School, Athens
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Columbus

Hawaii:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Honokaa

Idaho:
Navy Reserve Center, Pocatello

Illinois:
Armed Forces Reserve Center, Carbondale
Navy Reserve Center, Forest Park

Indiana:
Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center, Grissom Air Reserve Base,Bunker Hill
Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Indianapolis
Navy Reserve Center, Evansville
Newport Chemical Depot
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lafayette
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Seston

Iowa:
Navy Reserve Center, Cedar Rapids
Navy Reserve Center, Sioux City
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Dubuque

Kansas:
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant

Kentucky:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Paducah
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Lexington
Navy Reserve Center, Lexington
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Louisville
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Maysville

Louisiana:
Baton Rouge Army National Guard Reserve Center
Naval Support Activity, New Orleans
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge
Roberts U.S. Army Reserve Center, Baton Rouge

Maine:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Limestone
Naval Reserve Center, Bangor
Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

Maryland:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Patuxent River
Navy Reserve Center, Adelphi
Pfc. Flair U.S. Army Reserve Center, Frederick

Massachusetts:
Malony U.S. Army Reserve Center
Otis Air Guard Base
Westover U.S. Army Reserve Center, Citopee

Michigan:
Navy Reserve Center Marquette
Parisan U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lansing
Selfridge Army Activity
W.K. Kellogg Airport Air Guard Station

Minnesota:
Navy Reserve Center Duluth

Mississippi:
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant
Naval Station, Pascagoula
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Vicksburg

Missouri:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Jefferson Barracks
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Kansas City
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, St. Louis
Marine Corps Support Center, Kansas City
Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Kansas
Navy Reserve Center, Cape Girardeau

Montana:
Galt Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center, Great Falls

Nebraska:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Columbus
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Grand Island
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Kearny
Naval Recruiting District Headquarters, Omaha
Navy Reserve Center, Lincoln

Nevada:
Hawthorne Army Depot

New Hampshire:
Doble U.S. Army Reserve Center, Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

New Jersey:
Fort Monmouth
Inspector/Instructor Center, West Trenton
Kilmer U.S. Army Reserve Center, Edison

New Mexico:
Cannon Air Force Base
Jenkins Armed Forces Reserve Center, Albuquerque

New York:
Armed Forces Reserve Center, Amityville
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Niagra Falls
Carpenter U.S. Army Reserve Center, Poughkeepsie
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome
Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Buffalo
Navy Reserve Center Glenn Falls
Navy Reserve Center Horsehead
Navy Reserve Center Watertown
Niagra Falls International Airport Air Guard Station

North Carolina:
Navy Reserve Center, Asheville
Niven U.S. Army Reserve Center, Albermarle

Ohio:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mansfield
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Westerville
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dayton
Mansfield Lahm Municipal Airport Air Guard Station
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Akron
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Cleveland
Parrott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Kenton
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Whitehall

Oklahoma:
Armed Forces Reserve Center Broken Arrow
Armed Forces Reserve Center Muskogee
Army National Guard Reserve Center Tishomingo
Krowse U.S. Army Reserve Center, Oklahoma City
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tulsa
Oklahoma City (95th)

Pennsylvania:
Bristol
Engineering Field Activity Northeast
Kelly Support Center
Naval Air Station Willow Grove
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Reading
North Penn U.S. Army Reserve Center, Morristown
Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station
Serrenti U.S. Army Reserve Center, Scranton
U.S. Army Reserve Center Bloomsburg
U.S. Army Reserve Center Lewisburg
U.S. Army Reserve Center Williamsport
W. Reese U.S. Army Reserve Center/OMS, Chester

Puerto Rico:
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Humacao
Lavergne U.S. Army Reserve Center, Bayamon

Rhode Island:
Harwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Providence
USARC Bristol

South Carolina:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Charleston
South Naval Facilities Engineering Command

South Dakota:
Ellsworth Air Force Base

Tennessee:
U.S. Army Reserve Area Maintenance Support Facility, Kingsport

Utah:
Deseret Chemical Depot

Virginia:
Fort Moore

Washington:
1LT Richard H. Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Everett
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tacoma
U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Lawton
Vancouver Barracks

West Virginia:
Bias U.S. Army Reserve Center, Huntington
Fairmont U.S. Army Reserve Center
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Moundsville

Wisconsin:
Gen. Mitchell International Airport ARS
Navy Reserve Center, La Crosse
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Madison
Olson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Madison
U.S. Army Reserve Center, O'Connell

Wyoming:
Army Aviation Support Facility, Cheyenne
Army National Guard Reserve Center, Thermopolis

BASES RECOMMENDED FOR INCREASES IN PERSONNEL

Alabama:
Anniston Army Depot
Dannelly Field Air Guard Station
Fort Rucker
Redstone Arsenal

Arizona:
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma
Phoenix Sky Harbor I

Arkansas:
Little Rock Air Force Base

California:
Air Force Reserve Center Moffett Field
Channel Islands Air Guard Station
Edwards Air Force Base
Fort Hunter Liggett
Fresno Air Terminal
Marine Corps Base Miramar
Marine Corps Reserve Center, Pasadena
Naval Air Station Lemore
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Station San Diego
Vandenburg Air Force Base

Colorado:
Buckley Air Force Base
Fort Carson
Peterson Air Force Base
Schriever Air Force Base

Delaware:
Dover Air Force Base

Florida:
Eglin Air Force Base
Homestead Air Reserve Station
Jacksonville International Airport Air Guard Station
MacDill Air Force Base
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville
Naval Station, Mayport

Georgia:
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Fort Benning
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany
Moody Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base
Savannah International Airport Air Guard Station
Submarine Base Kings Bay

Hawaii:
Naval Station Pearl Harbor

Illinois:
Greater Peoria Regional
Scott Air Force Base

Indiana:
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Indianapolis
Fort Wayne International Airport Air Guard Station

Iowa:
Des Moines International Airport Air Guard Station
Sioux Gateway Airport Air Guard

Kansas:
Forbes Field Air Guard Station
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
McConnell Air Force Base

Kentucky:
Louisville International Airport Air Guard Station

Louisiana:
Barksdale Air Force Base
Naval Air Station New Orleans

Maine:
Bangor International Airport Air Guard Station

Maryland:
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Andrews Air Force Base
Fort Detrick
Fort Meade
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Naval Surface Weapons Station, Carderock

Massachusetts:
Barnes Municipal Airport Air Guard Station
Hanscom Air Force Base
Westover Air Force Base

Michigan:
Detroit Arsenal
Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Mississippi:
Columbus Air Force Base
Jackson International Airport Air Guard Station

Missouri:
Rosecrans Memorial Airport Air Guard Station
Whiteman Air Force Base

Nevada:
Nellis Air Force Base

New Hampshire:
Armed Forces Reserve Center Pease Air Force Base

New Jersey:
Atlantic City International Airport Air Guard Station
Fort Dix
McGuire Air Force Base
Picatinny Arsenal

New Mexico:
Kirtland Air Force Base

New York:
United States Military Academy

North Carolina:
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Fort Bragg

Ohio:
Armed Forces Reserve Center, Akron
Defense Supply Center, Columbus
Rickenbacker International Airport Air Guard Station
Toledo Express Airport Air Guard Station
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

Oklahoma:
Fort Sill
Tinker Air Force Base
Tulsa International Airport Air Guard Station
Vance Air Force Base

Pennsylvania:
Letterkenny Army Depot
Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lehigh
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Pittsburgh
Tobyhanna Army Depot

Rhode Island:
Naval Station, Newport
Quonset State Airport Air Guard Station

South Carolina:
Fort Jackson
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort
McEntire Air Guard Station
Shaw Air Force Base

South Dakota:
Joe Foss Field Air Guard Station

Tennessee:
McGee Tyson Airport Air Guard Station
Memphis International Airport Air Guard Station
Naval Support Activity Mid-South

Texas:
Dyess Air Force Base
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Laughlin Air Force Base
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth
Randolph Air Force Base

Vermont:
Burlington International Airport Air Guard Station

Virginia:
Defense Supply Center, Richmond
Fort Belvoir
Fort Lee
Headquarters Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson
Hall
Langley Air Force Base
Marine Corps Base, Quantico
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek
Naval Shipyard, Norfolk
Naval Station, Norfolk
Naval Support Activity, Norfolk

Washington:
Fort Lewis
Human Resources Support Center Northwest
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island
Naval Station, Bremerton

West Virginia:
Ewvra Sheppard Air Guard Station

Wisconsin:
Dane County Airport

Wyoming:
Cheyenne Airport Air Guard Station

TEXAS MILITARY BASES AND PERSONNEL
(Source: Associated Press)

Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls
9,575 military
1,442 civilian

Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base
267 military
1,342 civilian

Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene
5,271 military
391 civilian

Fort Bliss, El Paso
10,431 military
1,491 civilian

Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo
2,899 military
574 civilian

Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio
1,407 military
928 civilian

Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio
17,096 military
3,916 civilian

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio
7,963 military
3,979 civilian

Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio
4,577 military
6,540 civilian

Brooks City-Base, San Antonio
1,196 military
1,228 civilian

Naval Station Ingleside
585 military
229 civilian

Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and Corpus Christi Army Depot
2,207 military
4,088 civilian

Kingsville Naval Air Station\
434 military
229 civilian

Fort Hood, Killeen
43,522 military
3,641 civilian

Ellington Field, Houston
2 military
344 civilian

Lone Star Ammunition Plant, Texarkana
No numbers available

Red River Army Depot, Texarkana
3 military
1,844 civilian

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Timeline
(Source: Department of Defense)

May 16, 2005 Secretary of Defense Recommendations
Not later than this date, the Secretary must publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the congressional defense committees and the Commission, a list of the military installations that the Secretary recommends for closure or realignment.

Jul 1, 2005 Comptroller General Analysis
Not later than this date, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the congressional defense committees, a report containing a detailed analysis of the Secretary's recommendations and selection process.

Sep 8, 2005 Commission's Recommendations
Not later than this date, the Commission must transmit to the President "a report containing its findings and conclusions based on a review and analysis of the Secretary's recommendations."

Sep 23, 2005 President's Approval or Disapproval of Commission Recommendations
Not later than this date, the President shall transmit to the Commission and to the Congress, "a report containing the President's approval or disapproval of the Commission's recommendations." If the President approves the recommendations, the recommendations are binding 45 "legislative" days after Presidential transmission or adjournment sine die, unless Congress enacts joint resolution of disapproval.

Oct 20, 2005 Commission's Revised Recommendations
If the President disapproves the Commission's initial recommendations, the Commission must submit revised recommendations to the President not later than this date.

Nov 7, 2005 President's Approval or Disapproval of Revised Recommendations
The President must approve the revised recommendations and transmit approval to Congress by this date or the process ends. The recommendations become binding 45 "legislative" days after Presidential transmission or adjournment sine die,unless Congress enacts joint resolution of disapproval.

Apr 15, 2006 Commission terminates