During the 32 years, I worked for the Department of Defense my office spent considerable time implementing computer software at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Red River Army Depot.

On Wednesday night I was glad to hear that the BRAC Commission had overridden the DoD recommendations and removed both from the closure list.

I am strong on defense and think this country should preserve its defense logistics infrastructure. Once it is gone it is very difficult or impossible to recover.

Today we fight a war of CHOICE with an enemy that uses IEDs. Tomorrow we may be FORCED to fight an enemy that uses submarines and tanks.

Hats off to the BRAC Commissioners.

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As I reviewed the Base Realignment and Closure List late last week I saw a Marshall facility on the list. I also remember another facility that went on the list in the mid-1990s.

At the time I was working at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. I was serving as the Director of Information Resources Management (IRM) for the Shipyard and Director of the NAVSEA Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing Support Detachment (SEACOSD).

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