ADDITIONAL U.S. OVERSEAS BASES TO END OPERATIONS
The Department of Defense announced today that operations at 27 military
facilities oversea will be ended or reduced under the current plan to drawdown
the number of U.S. forces worldwide. This latest round of returns and partial
returns to host governments brings to 944 the number of locations overseas
where operations have ended, been reduced or placed on standby since January
1990. The realignment of these installations will affect nearly 2000 military,
600 U.S. civilian employee, and 1700 local national positions
This announcement also brings to 871 the number of U.S. installations in
Europe where operations will end, be reduced or placed on standby. All but
three of the realignments are in Germany. The remaining realignments are in
Iceland and Portugal (Azores).
Returns or partial returns of facilities to host countries represent about
248,600 authorized positions at sites worldwide since the drawdown began.
These include more than 176,300 military; 23,300 U.S. civilian; and 49,000
local national positions. The number of actual employees at these facilities
is generally less than the number of authorized positions. All but one site
has fewer than 1,000 authorized positions. Darby Kaserne has more than 1,000
authorized positions.
The phrase "return" means operations are ended and the entire installation is
vacated by U.S. forces and returned to the control of the host nation. The
phrase "partial return" means some of the facilities are retained by U.S.
forces and operations are reduced. The phrase "standby" means operations are
ending, but the site is maintained in a ready status for future use, if
needed.
The Department of Defense continues to review additional candidate sites
worldwide for return or partial return to host governments. More specific
information about this announcement may be obtained by contacting,
Headquarters, U.S. European Command at 49-711-680-8447; Headquarters, U.S. Army
Europe at 49-6221-57-8934 or Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces Europe at
49-6371-47-6357, for bases in Europe. For more information on the realignment
of the sites in Iceland and the Azores, contact Headquarters, U.S. Atlantic
Command at (804) 444-3884.
GERMANY
The following facility belongs to U.S. Air Forces, Europe:
Installation Location Status
Idenheim Communications Annex Bitburg Return
The following facilities belong to U.S. Army, Europe:
Stangass Camp Area Berchtesgaden Partial Return
Strub Kaserne Berchtesgaden Partial Return
Frasdorf Operations Area Frasdorf (Chiemsee) Return
Idar Oberstein Family Housing Idar Oberstein Partial Return
Strassburg Kaserne Idar Oberstein Partial Return
Frankfurt Mortuary Frankfurt Return
Friedberg Training and Storage Area Friedberg Partial Return
Giessen Class I Point Giessen Return
Giessen Class II and IV Depot Giessen Return
Windberg Barracks Grefrath Return
Mainz Repair and Utility Area Mainz Return
Dr. Martin Luther King Housing Mainz Return
Finthen Family Housing Mainz-Finthen Return
Dambach Family Housing Nuernberg Return
Darby Kaserne Nuernberg Partial Return
Fuerth Shopping Center Nuernberg Return
Johnson Barracks Nuernberg Return
Kalb Family Housing Nuernberg Return
Nuernberg Athletic Field Nuernberg Return
Nuernberg Coal Yard Nuernberg Return
Nuernberg Transient Billets Nuernberg Return
Weilimdorf Warehouse Stuttgart Return
Oberauerbach Missile Station Zweibruecken Return
ICELAND
The following facility belongs to U.S. Atlantic Command:
Sandur Loran C Site Sandur Return
PORTUGAL (AZORES)
The following facility belongs to U.S. Atlantic Command:
Agualva Ammunition Annex Lajes Field Return
Agualva Communications Annex Lajes Field Return
ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following U.S. Army Europe installations previously announced for partial
return will now be fully returned:
Roedelheim Ordnance Facility Frankfurt Return
Grefrath Kaserne Grefrath Return
Monteith Barracks Nuernberg Return
Muenchweiler Hospital Pirmasens Return
Osterholz Storage Facility Stuttgart Return
Pinder Barracks Nuernberg Return
Frankfurt Hospital, announced for return by the U.S. Army in Round 12 (1 Jul
93) will now be retained under U.S. Air Forces, Europe, control.
