Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission.ppt

Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission 21 August 2002 Army Installations in Texas Fort Bliss Fort Hood Fort Sam Houston Corpus Christi Army Depot* Red River Army Depot Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant *on Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Fort Bliss 1.1 million acres (1,719 square miles), second-largest Army base With WSMR, provides largest air–space in US inventory Ranges accommodate all Army weapons Power Projection Platform Runway is third longest in USA Fort Bliss, continued Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group facility ($12.7 million) opened Aug 2002 Rail Deployment Facility ($26 million) under construction, to open 2004 Biannual Joint/Combined Exercise: Roving Sands (11,000 participants) Fort Bliss, continued Mobilization: Trains, validates, prepares active reserves to deploy. CONUS Replacement Center Battalion processed 2200 soldiers since 9/11. Air Missile Defense School; Sergeants Major Academy; JTF 6; 204th MI Bn 32dAADCOM, 4 Patriot AMD Brigades Wm Beaumont Army Medical Center German AF Hq and AD School Fort Bliss, continued 3d ACR transferred to Ft Carson 1995 BRAC 95 rated Bliss highest of 14 Training Schools; therefore, not considered for closure or realignment Bliss identified as installation where large forces could be added without large upfront investment: add one maneuver bde w/o construction, four with construction Fort Bliss, continued Assessment: Based on Army’s need to retain maneuver space and installations for maneuver forces, the high rating as a training installation, and the Army’s continuing improvement, development and acquisition of air defense systems, Fort Bliss appears secure through 2020. Fort Hood “Army’s Premier Maneuver Installation.” III Corps Hq; lst Cav Div w/3 brigades; 4th Inf Div w/2 brigades; 13th COSCOM; Operational Test Command; US Army Medical Activity; et al 215,000 acres (336 square miles) Training mobilization – active forces, Army Reserve and National Guard Fort Hood, continued Power Projection Pla