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The
Department of Defense (DOD) recommended that a brigade combat team of more than
4,000 military personnel be reassigned from Ft. Hood, TX to Ft. Carson, CO
For immediate release May 13, 2005
Congressman Salazar: DOD Recognizes Ft. Carson's Superior Facilities,
Environment Colorado Stands to Gain from Base Realignment
and Closure Recommendations
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Salazar (CO-3), the only veteran from Colorado’s delegation, today applauded the Department of Defense (DOD) for recognizing and utilizing Colorado’s superior facilities. Earlier today, the DOD recommended that a brigade combat team of more than 4,000 military personnel be reassigned from Ft. Hood, TX to Ft. Carson, CO, a portion of which falls in Salazar’s district. Salazar, who recently returned from a Congressional delegation trip to Iraq, stated that our troops deserve the best in training and resources, and welcomes the new brigade to the Third Congressional District.
“The highlight of my recent trip to Iraq was visiting with Colorado troops – there’s not a doubt in my mind that troops from Colorado are well prepared to deal with the challenges confronting our military,” said Salazar. “Our troops risk their lives every day to guarantee our safety and we owe it to them to provide the best of training and resources they need to complete the job. No one can say that Coloradoans aren’t willing to do their fair share - reassigning troops to Ft. Carson is recognition of Colorado’s superior facilities and environment.”
Colorado is one of the few states to benefit from the BRAC Commission’s recommendations, with a net gain of 4,585 military personnel and 356 civilian personnel. Ft. Carson will receive a brigade combat team of 4,178 military personnel. The United States Air Force Academy is also expected to realign nearly 40 personnel to Ft. Carson.
“The brigade team from Texas will be welcome here in Colorado, we’ll make sure our fighting spirit rubs off on them," said Salazar. "I’m sure they’ll come to love rural Colorado as much as we do.”
Salazar speaks from experience, having hired two Texans in his Washington, DC office and converted them to the cause of fighting for rural Colorado.
Springs has commanding lead
Peterson 'preferred site' for home defense
HQ
By John
Diedrich / The Gazette
April 18, 2002 -- COLORADO SPRINGS The Pentagon's new command to protect America's land, sea and air from attack is headed for Colorado Springs, pending an environmental study, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
Peterson Air Force Base, located in eastern Colorado Springs, was announced as the "preferred" site for the new Northern Command. Two other military bases - Norfolk Naval Station, Va., and Offut Air Force Base, Neb. - were named as alternates.
In an interview with The Gazette, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said federal law requires the Pentagon name a preferred site and alternate locations.
Members of Colorado's congressional delegation said Colorado Springs likely will get the command. The elected officials spoke with Pentagon leaders early Wednesday.
"There is at least a 90 percent chance it will come to Colorado Springs, probably higher," said Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo.
The environmental review, which will take up to 90 days, doesn't look like a big hurdle. The command will require office space at Peterson and changes inside Cheyenne Mountain for operations, but not changes that will create noise or other pollution.
Northern Command is supposed to be up and running by Oct. 1. It will add 500 to 1,000 new military and civilian employees to Colorado Springs, Hefley said. A team already is in place to plan the new command.
Details of Northern Command were laid out in the Pentagon's new Unified Command Plan - a blueprint for worldwide U.S. military operations. It's the biggest revamp of the plan since it was created after World War II, officials said.
Northern Command - created in response to the Sept. 11 attacks - will oversee the military's air, land, sea and space forces to defend the country from attack.
The command will be responsible for the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, portions of the Caribbean and waters 500 miles off all U.S. shores, officials said. The command won't take over non-U.S. areas but will consult with those countries just as commands that operate in Europe consult with countries there.
It also will oversee forces that respond to chemical, biological, nuclear and other terrorist attacks and coordinate the military's response to disasters such as floods, hurricanes and forest fires.
It's unclear if a U.S. missile defense system, possibly based in Alaska, will be under Northern Command's control.
Northern Command will "defend the American people where they live and work," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.
Rumsfeld stressed that when Northern Command's forces operate inside the United States, they will support federal, state or local agencies, but not be in command. That's consistent with U.S. law prohibiting the military from taking a law enforcement role.
The military will put one general in charge of Northern Command and NORAD, a U.S./Canadian operation that polices the skies of North America. The new plan does not change NORAD or expand Canada's role in homeland defense. The two countries are discussing that.
Officials did not say who will lead Northern Command and NORAD. Several reports have said Gen. Ed Eberhart, commander of both space commands and NORAD, will get it.
Myers declined to comment on that. He said it will be a month or two before the announcement is made.
Rumsfeld also said Wednesday the Pentagon is studying combining the Springs-based U.S. Space Command, in charge of all military satellites, and U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear forces from Offutt.
A report on the possible merger will be sent to Rumsfeld later this year. If the commands are combined, it probably won't lead to major physical changes, the secretary said.
"We don't anticipate moving buildings, people and communications systems," he said.
If the Northern Command comes to the Springs, it will require some construction but not a lot, Myers said.
Peterson is finishing two buildings on base that will be home to U.S. Space Command, NORAD and Army Space Command. Base officials are reviewing where Northern Command would go.
Myers said it would make sense to put Northern Command's operations center inside Cheyenne Mountain, which already is home to NORAD's operations center.
Landing the new command would further solidify Colorado Springs' role as a military capital, where one out of three jobs is related to defense. The area is home to five installations and several commands including NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Army Space Command and Air Force Space Command.
Colorado Springs was chosen because of its military infrastructure, the active duty and civilian employees here and lower cost because of the extensive communications systems in place, Myers said.
Raquel Rutledge and Dan Nowicki contributed to this story.
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January 2, 2002 -- VA Home Loan Benefit Increased
The President has signed legislation that raises the ceiling on home loans for the nation's military personnel for the first time in seven years.
The Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't make loans directly. Instead, under the VA program the government guarantees a portion of a borrower's mortgage loan. If the borrower defaults, the lender knows that the government is there to pay-off any claim up to the amount of the guarantee. The guarantee is equal to 25 percent of the loan amount and the guarantee limit for the past seven years has been $50,750. The result is that VA-qualified individuals could borrow up to $203,000 ($50,750 x 4) with no money down.
The increase in the guaranty limit to $60,000 is enough for an eligible veteran to buy a $240,000 house without putting up any of his own money. The increase takes effect immediately.
Of course, vets can also borrow more than the VA loan limit. But if they do, they must ante up $1 for every $4 over the limit.
Also, the the two federally chartered corporations which bring liquidity to the mortgage market, was increased as of Jan. 1 to $300,700 up from $275,000.
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