2. What We Have
Using a standard Economic Impact
multiplier of 2.2 – Total Economic
Impact is $5.6Billion
LARGEST
LARGEST
INDUSTRY IN THE
INDUSTRY IN THE
SAVANNAH REGION
SAVANNAH REGION
In 2012 Fort Stewart/Hunter Army
Airfield had an annual payroll of
$1,528,444,989
Annual expenditures of
$685,715,000
Economic Impact
Economic Impact
$5.6 Billion Per Annum
$5.6 Billion Per Annum
Retiree payroll of $151,092,000
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3. Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF
COUNTY
Liberty County
Chatham County
On Post (Stewart and Hunter)
Bryan County
Long County
Tattnall County
Wayne County
Effingham County
Bulloch County
Evans County
McIntosh County
Glynn County
Other
Total
# OF PEOPLE
10,694
8,776
8,726
1,441
692
447
94
35
31
25
22
9
1,588
SALARIES
$485,704,971
$416,379,835
$410,489,521
$72,422,301
$35,411,564
$26,597,322
$4,875,167
$1,788,873
$1,589,622
$1,754,988
$1,243,724
$448,588
$69,738,513
26,762
$1,528,444,989
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5. BRAC History
Congress created the BRAC process in 1988 as a more
politically palatable method to pursue infrastructure
reductions.
More than 350 installations have been closed in five BRAC
rounds: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, and the most recent BRAC
round completed in 2005.
Next BRAC will focus on reducing excess capacity – closing
facilities and reducing infrastructure costs.
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6. DOD Gets Serious About BRAC
Defense officials allocated $2.4 billion in the FY 2014 budget
proposal to cover the upfront BRAC process costs.
DOD has indicated a BRAC authorization will be requested
again in the FY 2015 budget request.
2005 BRAC was projected to cost $21 billion, the actual cost
was $35.1 billion.
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7. Service BRAC Position
The Army’s BRAC position is based on budget-driven force
reductions, which top leaders say must be matched to
associated infrastructure.
The Army plans to accomplish its drawdown in forces by eliminating
10 brigade combat teams in the U.S.
Active Army forces are currently projected to be reduced to 520,000
in FY 2014, to 490,000 by 2017, and could go as low as 420,000 if
sequestration continues.
National Guard end strength will decline by 8,000, while
authorizations in the Army Reserve will decrease by 1,000 to
205,000 between FY 2012 and FY 2017.
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8. Congress Presently Opposed
BUT …..!
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have
rejected BRAC in their respective versions of the FY14 defense
authorization bill.
The House VA/MilCon Appropriations Committee also
rejected BRAC.
However, there are folks in DC who are reviewing their
thinking and the possibility that a BRAC could occur is looming
larger for 2017.
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9. ‘Outside of BRAC’ Actions
With or without a BRAC, we will be cutting uniform and
civilian personnel.
Is it better to have a BRAC or face the consequences of DOD
cuts “outside of BRAC?”
One of the strengths of the BRAC process is the ability for a
community to plead its case to a ‘nonpartisan’ body – there is
no institutional protection “outside of BRAC.”
DOD officials have repeatedly warned in congressional
testimony and in public speeches that actions ‘outside of
BRAC’ will occur absent a BRAC authorization.
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10. Sequestration
In FY 2013, DOD and all of the services were
allocated $620 billion under a full-year Continuing
Resolution (CR).
Before sequestration, DOD was planning for $487
billion in cuts over 10 years as mandated by the
Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.
With full sequestration, DOD would cut an
additional $500 billion through 2021,
approximately $50 billion per year.
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11. How Do We Weather The Storm?
• Unified message leveraging all resources
• Be aggressive and proactive
• Well timed meetings in Washington D.C. (Pentagon and
Congress)
• Quick reaction to changing conditions
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12. Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF
April 2009: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announces cuts to
the 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) – cut of 3,500 soldiers.
June 25, 2013: The Army announces cuts to the 2nd BCT, 3rd Infantry
Division (Armor Heavy)– cut of 1,350 soldiers.
Soldier end strength as January 2013 -- roughly 21,157 . By 2019,
it was projected to be 19,785.
It’s coming down again. Our objective – avoid cuts to another
BCT.
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