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Abu Ghraib Intelligence Boss Relieved of Command
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 - Interrogation practices at Iraq's Abu
Ghraib prison in 2003 and early 2004 have cost a brigade commander
his job.
Army Col. Thomas M. Pappas, commander of the 205th Military
Intelligence Brigade, was relieved of his command by Gen. B.B.
Bell, commander of U.S. Army Europe, after the colonel was
administratively punished for two instances of dereliction of
duty.
Maj. Gen. Bennie E. Williams, commander and general courts-martial
convening authority for the Army's 21st Theater Support Command,
started nonjudicial punishment proceedings against Pappas on April
2. He decided to take action under Article 15 of the Uniform Code
of Military Justice following an extensive review of the
investigations regarding the role of military intelligence
personnel at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility, officials
said.
05/13/2005
BRAC 2005: Closings, Realignments to Reshape
Infrastructure
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 - The Defense Department has recommended
closing 33 major bases and realigning 29 others as part of a
comprehensive reshaping of the military infrastructure through the
base realignment and closure process.
Michael Wynne, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology
and logistics, announced Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's
closure and realignment recommendations at a Pentagon news
conference today.
The recommendations now go to the BRAC Commission chaired by former
Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi. The commission will
start hearings on the specific recommendations May 16.
If adopted, the recommendations would give DoD a net savings of
almost $50 billion over 20 years, officials said. Annual savings
are pegged at $5.5 billion a year after that.
Fourteen major Army bases are recommended for closure, including
Forts Gillem and McPherson in Atlanta; Fort Monroe, Va.; Fort
Monmouth, N.J.; and the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red
River Army Depot in Texas.
Nine major Navy bases will close, including Submarine Base, New
London, Conn.; Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pa.; Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard, Maine; Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss.; and Naval
Air Station Atlanta.
Ten major Air Force installations are closing, including Ellsworth
Air Force Base, S.D.; Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif.; Cannon Air
Force Base, N.M.; Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.; and Brooks
City Base, Texas.
DoD defines major realignments as installations losing at least 400
people. The five major Army realignments are Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington; the Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.; Fort
Knox, Ky.; and Fort Eustis, Va.; and the Army Reserve Personnel
Center in St. Louis.
Eleven Navy realignments include Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.;
Naval Station San Diego; and naval air stations in Brunswick,
Maine, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla. The Marine Corps
Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif., also will realign, as will the
naval medical centers in Portsmouth, Va., and San Diego.
Ten major Air Force realignments include Eielson and Elmendorf Air
Force bases, both in Alaska; Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Lackland
and Sheppard Air Force bases, Texas; and McChord Air Force Base,
Wash.
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