Any chance BNAS to stay open? (Brunswick, Yarmouth: 2011, felon, school)

[sfw1979]

I know it's been signed by the President and must close before Sept 2011 but is there any chance this has happened before and the base is saved?I tried searching on-line about past base closures and if any where spared even after going through BRAC but can not find any info. We are just curious?

[flycessna]

I do not think so...and if they didn't..that would mean it would only be delayed.

the thing is with that place is that the feds had put SOOO much money into brand new housing and such. Go figure...goverment effieciency.

My hope is they leave it be...maybe some simple developement to help it progress...but ultimately..Just let the Private sector take it over and handle it. If the city and state start to get all these huge ideas of making into what they want...it will only end up a giant waste of money.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was saved about 3 years ago.

[Mainer61]

Embry-Riddle is planning to expand what they have there already

[forest beekeeper]

As retired Navy, I do not see it happening.

If it had anything of truly high value to the Navy it would have been shut-down long ago and handed off to DOD contractors. Many of the truly high value 'bases' are handled in this manner, so the properties are no longer listed as a 'base'. Which allows the DOD to continue functioning without BRAC controlling the purse-strings.

I see no function that Brunswick NAS serves.

I have been there, it is a tiny little base whose primary function is to run the Search and Rescue school.

When I was stationed there, the majority of the school students were US Forestry Rangers. Very few of the students were sailors.

[Maineah]

They were the primary anti submarine base for the East coast to Hatteras during the cold war.They had a nuclear weapons depot there as well .I know this first hand as we were contracted through Maine Line Fence company in Yarmouth to put in chain link fence around the magazine. We got to know the guards pretty well while we were there and they told us the reason the security was so high was the nuclear weapons. They used to do intruder drills where they would tell everyone to hit the deck. You hit it or you got shot. We poo pooed it at first until they told us they'd shoot us too. After that we hit the deck !

[Maineah]

By the way the Blue Angels will be back at BNAS next year! Gotta go see the Angels!

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Maineah

They were the primary anti submarine base for the East coast to Hatteras during the cold war.They had a nuclear weapons depot there as well .I know this first hand as we were contracted through Maine Line Fence company in Yarmouth to put in chain link fence around the magazine. We got to know the guards pretty well while we were there and they told us the reason the security was so high was the nuclear weapons. They used to do intruder drills where they would tell everyone to hit the deck. You hit it or you got shot. We poo pooed it at first until they told us they'd shoot us too. After that we hit the deck !

'Anti-sub'

LOL

Yeah cute, okay, well we did need to spend that money to see if that was a dead-end tech, or if it had legs. It died a long slow death. But thankfully it died.

There are a lot of nuc 'safe-havens' around the country. It does not mean there was actually the presence or non-presence of nuc weapons, at any safe-haven. But simply that the storage facilities exist and are available if needed.

Anyone who may have commented to you about the 'actual' presence or non-presence of nuc weapons was likely out of the loop and simply did not know. [hopefully they did not know, and were only trying to brag]

I have seen folks [before they were prosecuted] who would make comments about the supposed presence of nuc weapons at locations, but invariably they did not know. And eventually it gets back to those who do know, that the others were making those kinds of comments. Which is due cause for security clearances to be pulled and felon charges to be issued.

Anyone who truly does have knowledge, also must sit through repeated lectures about 'security' and why it is that they can never tell anyone about where the actual nuc devices are located. They must also sign every year statements saying that they understand those requirements, etc.

I have spent a few years within those circumstances.

ET1(SS)
USNavy retired

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

'Anti-sub'

LOL

Yeah cute, okay, well we did need to spend that money to see if that was a dead-end tech, or if it had legs. It died a long slow death. But thankfully it died.

There are a lot of nuc 'safe-havens' around the country. It does not mean there was actually the presence or non-presence of nuc weapons, at any safe-haven. But simply that the storage facilities exist and are available if needed.

Anyone who may have commented to you about the 'actual' presence or non-presence of nuc weapons was likely out of the loop and simply did not know. [hopefully they did not know, and were only trying to brag]

I have seen folks [before they were prosecuted] who would make comments about the supposed presence of nuc weapons at locations, but invariably they did not know. And eventually it gets back to those who do know, that the others were making those kinds of comments. Which is due cause for security clearances to be pulled and felon charges to be issued.

Anyone who truly does have knowledge, also must sit through repeated lectures about 'security' and why it is that they can never tell anyone about where the actual nuc devices are located. They must also sign every year statements saying that they understand those requirements, etc.

I have spent a few years within those circumstances.

ET1(SS)
USNavy retired

Just telling you what happend. I'm sure you know more about it than I do.

[sfw1979]

Originally Posted by Maineah

By the way the Blue Angels will be back at BNAS next year! Gotta go see the Angels!

YEAH!! I read that they may still come even when the base closes?

Thanks for your replies all!