Although military bases have opened and closed regularly throughout American history, a systematic process for base closing dates only to the late 1980s. A number of closings occurred in the period following the Vietnam War and the subsequent reduction...

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by and/or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and...

Politicians whose military bases are threatened by closure were prompted to protect the flow of defense dollars to their constituents. These base defenders worry about the economic dislocation brought about by three rounds of base closings. James Courter, chairman of the third and...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-14-1991 THE WAR FOR MILITARY BASES Date: 04-14-1991, Sunday Section: REVIEW & OUTLOOK Edition: All Editions -- Sunday An intensive military maneuver is being launched this weekend on Capitol Hill. The troops consist of members of the...

France will set up a permanent military base of up to 500 troops in the United Arab Emirates, the French government announced Tuesday during a visit by President Nicolas Sarkozy.The military base deal will make France one of the first Western countries other than the...

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Pentagon of improperly trying to shut down a state National Guard unit by pulling its planes when its home base closes.The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court said the lawsuit by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has become moot....