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Many of us are stationed at Joint-Bases, spread throughout the world. Regardless of the normal rivalries, what's your opinion of this program? Does it work or not work based on your experience?
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The Joint thing was a ruse. Anything Joint fairs better in budgeting. There is Joint Installation entity between IMCOM and the sister services. In practice, there seems to be an Air Force Part, Navy Part, and Army slum along with a defacto component commander to protect turf (Army's case: ranges and motor pools).
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As far as I understand, the movement to make many of these joint bases resulted from BRAC. So the 'success' would have been measured in economic terms -- cost savings through synergies, stopped spending on wasted training areas, etc. I don't know what the outcomes were, but it makes sense to me that combining and shutting down many bases would have made a lot of sense.
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TSgt Ed Turner
It was understandable when the Air Force combined Medina with Lackland, as the bordered each other. Now, Lackland is combined with Fort Sam Houston and Randolph for Joint Base San Antonio; three geographically distinct locations. This created problems when my civilian work crew was assigned to a project there this year; our company put us in a hotel near Lackland when the worksite was at Randoloph. That commute was unappreciated.
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MSG Gary George
CPT Michael Frakes - So true about the Naval training facilities. In the late 70's and early 80's they spent millions upgrading both Orlando and San Diego sites and then closed them down. In Lubbock, Texas was Reese Air Force pilot training base. The Navy sent their pilots there for the crosswinds that simulated Carrier landings. It was the #1 rated training base in the states. Lubbock was also to get a Defense Accounting systems site. The 1991 Elections happened and Reese was closed and the DAS site went to Little Rock, Arkansas.
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SSgt Pete Pope
We had a Naval Air Station in Dallas, primarily a reserve base. We had Carswell AFB in Ft. Worth, a primary SAC base. BRAC came along and they made Naval Air Station Ft. Worth JRB with the Navy in charge. There are Naval Air and Surface units, Marine Air and Ground units, Air Force fighter units, Air National Guard units, and an Air Force Aerial Port Squadron, attached to an Air Force Fighter Wing, but no Air Force Transport aircraft. Doesn't make any sense.
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Capt David Christiansen
TSgt Ed Turner - I went to OTS at Medina, retired from Randolph, and now work on Ft. Sam. Whenever I hear someone say JBSA, I tell them JBSA is not a place, it's a governance structure!
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<p>I've only ever been at the tactical level of things, I was at Fort Lewis when it became JBLM and didn't notice anything to be honest.</p><p> </p><p>But I think it's a great idea, and could possibly lead to some awesome and realistic training if we could get some things like that coordinated.</p>
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CMC Robert Young
The training idea is spot on. Once JBC was off and running, we had joint service training for natural disasters, protesters, and active shooters. One force, one fight.
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SGT Charles Wheeler
A few years ago the Navy hosted an aviation Battalion and a Company of Rangers off an aircraft carrier.
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