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Army Chief Of Staff's Remarks Bode Well for Fort Drum

Story Published: Jan 27, 2012 at 2:32 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jan 27, 2012 at 8:50 PM EDT

Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno made remarks Friday that seem to bode well for Fort Drum.

He said he doubted a Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) would target large installations for closure.

"What you'll see around the Army, except for some of the overseas places that will close, but in the - in the continental United States and Alaska and Hawaii, you might see a reduction in the installations, but I don't think you'll see a big installation being asked to close," he said.

On Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced plans to requesting new rounds of BRAC as part of the Pentagon budget-cutting process.

On Friday, Odierno said he expected Congress would be asked to approve two more BRAC rounds.

"I don't see - the one thing - you know, we - the Army went through a very significant BRAC here not too long ago, and we did a fairly significant consolidation within the Army," he said.  "So for the Army, I believe, a follow-on BRAC would be - would not have as much impact on the Army because we've pretty much done what we want.  We'll have to do some minor things, I think, probably as we go through BRAC, they'll find some things that we have to.  But I think for the most part we have established our installations."
 
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