Not including Washington DC, there seems to be a small number of military bases located in the NYC/ NJ metro, PA, and Northeast part of the US compared to the rest of the continental US. I'm wondering if this is because of increasing real estate prices or if the US military would rather train in warmer climates due to heating bills. Just a thought, not trying to make any points here.
2007-11-29 07:04:04 · 5 answers · asked by jback 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Modern military bases need LOTS of room with few neighbors. The New England / Northeast has very little of that left that isn't already a park or preserve; except in areas with really challenging winter weather. The various base closing regimes quickly chose most small bases and those that had been surrounded by non-military development.
I agree that most are now located in areas whose weather allows year-round training.
2007-11-29 07:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very many active bases. In New York State there's Fort Drum, West Point and Fort Hamilton in NYC. The Coast Guard has a headquarters on Staten Island and in Boston. The Navy is almost non-existent, with the exception of Groton and Newport. The only big air base is at Dover, Delaware and at McGuire in New Jersey.
A lot of the bases that were in the Tri-State area and Pennsylvania were ordered closed by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC). After the first BRAC round, one could see a parade of hypocrisy as the Members of the House and Senate who voted "Nay" on House Joint Resolution #99 to authorize the military to conduct operations to eject the Iraqi Army from Kuwait, went before the BRAC to plead that the bases in their districts stay open. The same hypocrisy was shown when the bases in the greater San Francisco area showed up on the base closure list.
In short, those Members of Congress who represented those districts where bases were on the closure list got their just desserts. The only ones who suffered were the people in their districts.
2007-11-29 07:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most military bases are in the south because the climate allows for more year round training days.
2007-11-29 07:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by MP US Army 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don t forget Ft Devons and Hanscom AFB in MA
2017-01-22 23:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by Justin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where are you from. that's not for you to know.
2007-11-29 07:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋