As a major component of the U.S. Transportation Command, MSC, headquartered in Washington D.C., is responsible for strategic shipping and support of Navy combatant ships and various special mission ships. At the beginning of 1995, MS and East Coast organizations included the Atlantic area command, a tenant at the Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, and the Middle Atlantic subarea command at the Norfolk Navy Base in Virginia. In March 1995, the Secretary of Defense recommended to the 1995 Base Closure and Realignment Commission that the ocean terminal be closed, except for the facility housing the Atlantic area command. The Base Closure and Realignment Commission agreed with the Secretary of Defense and recommended that the ocean terminal be closed. However, as requested by the Secretary, the Commission stipulated in its recommendation that the Atlantic area command be allowed to move to a location of the Navy's choice. As part of a reengineering effort involving multiple locations, MSC decided to relocate the Atlantic area command to the Norfolk area because the Command's largest customer on the East Coast, the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, is based in Norfolk. As part of the relocation, MSC planned to disestablish the Middle Atlantic subarea command and have its functions assumed by the Atlantic area command, thereby reducing civilian personnel authorizations. MSC officials stated they elected to lease facilities at the Camp Pendleton Army National Guard Base because that option had the least cost and would allow the Atlantic area command to relocate to the Norfolk area by December 1997.


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    Title :

    Military Sealift Command: Relocation of Atlantic Area Command to Norfolk, Virginia, Area


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English