Looming base closures.

• Author: Sitton, Debbie
• Position: LETTERS - Letter to the Editor

A May 2005 National Defense Magazine article talks about the eight Army depots and arsenals that are busy working 24/7 to keep up with equipment repair work even as a round of base closures looms. Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey goes on that we have surge capacity even working the 19 million direct labor hours this year and 25 million direct labor hours next year, within the work being performed currently. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission will have to take that into account. "We are going to maintain the capability to be able to surge-in the 25...