ADDITIONAL U.S. OVERSEAS BASES TO END OPERATIONS
The Department of Defense announced today that operations at eight military
facilities overseas will be ended or reduced under the current plan to drawdown
the number of U.S. forces worldwide. To date, the Secretary of Defense has
announced his intention to return or reduce operations at 953 overseas sites,
thus virtually completing our drawdown. The result is a 57 percent reduction
overall in our facility infrastructure overseas and a 62 percent reduction in
Europe. The Department has established the European theater enduring force
structure at about 100,000 troops.
This announcement also brings to 879 the number of U.S. installations in
Europe where operations will end, be reduced or placed on standby. Six of the
realignments are in Germany. The remaining realignments are in Italy and
Antigua-Barbuda.
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 sites in this
announcement have fewer 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 Antigua, contact Headquarters, U.S. Atlantic Command at (804)
444-3884.
GERMANY
The following facility belongs to U.S. Air Forces, Europe:
Installation Location Status
Wiesbaden Hospital Lindsey Return
The following facilities belong to U.S. Army, Europe:
Germersheim Ammunition Area Karlsruhe Return
Fintherlandstr Family Housing Mainz Return
Uhlerborn Housing Area Mainz Return
Aukamm Housing Area Wiesbaden Partial Return
Crestview Housing Area Wiesbaden Partial Return
ITALY
The following facility belongs to U.S. Naval Forces, Europe:
Niscemi Sigonella Partial Return
ANTIGUA-BARBUDA
The following facility belongs to U.S. Atlantic Command:
Naval Support Facility Antigua Return
ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following U.S. Army Europe installations previously announced for partial
return will now be fully returned:
Lee Barracks Mainz Return
Strub Kaserne Berchtesgaden Return
Frankfurt Hospital, announced for return by the U.S. Army in Round 12 (1 Jul
93) and retention by U.S. Air Forces, Europe, in Round 17 (27 Oct 94), will now
be placed on standby.
