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By Scott MahonStaff WriterNew Braunfels’ Army National Guard Armory, which is home to the 4th Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery unit, is on the Defense Department’s list of military bases and installations recommended for closing.Friday, the Defense Department released its list of base realignment and closure (BRAG) that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld projected would save $48 billion over the next 20 years.Included on the list wereseven Army National Guard Reserve centers, including the National Guard armory in New Braunfels.A spokesman for the Texas Army National Guard said Friday officials were still reviewing the supporting information included with the BRAC list.“The information on the list was incomplete, so we’re trying to interpret what it means,” said Col. John Stanford, public affairs officer for the Texas Army National Guard in Austin. “There are about 1,400 pages of supporting documentation that we retrying to sort through.” Stanford said the armory in New Braunfels was not classified as a reserve center.“A reserve center and armory are two different things,” he said, “so it was confusing.Stanford said the local armory has three to four fulltime staff members who oversee about 100 guardsmen who train once a month at the facility.“In Texas, there are approximately 16,500 Army National Guard soldiers and 3,200 Air National Guardsmen,” hesaid. “About 4,500 of those have been deployed to the Middle East.The potential economic impact from BRAC closures and realignments would be greater for San Antonio, where there are four military installations and two hospitals that employ 72,000 military and civilian people and pump $5.5 billion a year into the San Antonio area economy.Under the proposed realignments, Randolph Air Force Base could lose 182 jobs,See BRAC Page 3ADAVID INGRAM/Herald-ZeitungTheTexas National Guard Armory in New Braunfels is on the Defense Department's BRAC list to be closed.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung
New Braunfels, Texas, US
Sat, May 14, 2005
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