"John Carrier" wrote...
Interesting. The BRAC directed closure unless Va Beach performed a number
of actions to relieve encroachment around Oceana. Cecil was offered as an
alternative location if Va Beach could/would not comply. Evidently the
back-room boys who dreamed up this scenario didn't asked the Jacksonville
local population ... apparently they don't WANT a master jet base any more
and are quite happy with the current field usage.

Yet another example of how this BRAC thing was out of control from the start!
Though nominally "independent," the BRAC Commission was still subject to massive
campaigning and lobbying from special-interest groups from all camps.

When Cecil was closed, it had nowhere NEAR the encroachment that Oceana had! I
haven't been there in years, but I suspect the growth even to the east is STILL
nowhere near the 1980s development around Oceana! I still wonder how it came to
be that Cecil was closed instead...


Sooo ... given there's no real alternative for Oceana's assets to be
relocated, what does the Navy do? (I know, one of the commissioners
suggested Kingsville ... must be on the Texas payroll, he also vigorously
and unsuccessfully defended Ingleside ... but that dog won't hunt.) I
suspect Oceana will be with us, and heavily encroached, for a long time.

There's still Cheerless Pit, but I suspect the Marines STILL don't want the Navy
invading and corrupting "their" turf...

Meridian? Consolidate all the training at Kingsville, and give Meridian to the
fleet!

Maybe there's a stray Air Force base or 2 that is up for closing, but would
really rather have the Navy than nothing...