Naval Base Point Loma Preparing For New BRAC-Mandated Changes
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS070826-10
Release Date: 8/26/2007 3:53:00 PM
From Naval Base Point Loma Public Affairs
POINT LOMA, Calif. (NNS) -- As a result of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission of 2005, Naval Base Point Loma will begin making many changes to its current configuration in preparation of receiving new assets and renaming Fleet Anti-Submarine Training Center to Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command.
Naval Base Point Loma received the authority to execute more than $30 million in building construction and renovation projects, all designed to support the closure of Naval Station Ingleside, Texas, which will relocate the Navy's Mine Warfare Command and Avenger-class mine warfare ships to San Diego.
The funding will be allocated to building new facilities to support mine warfare training; improving parking and barracks facilities, and combining the headquarters of Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Command and Mine Warfare Command into a single command, the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command.
"We are proud to have the opportunity to integrate the mine warfare community into Point Loma," said Capt. Mark D. Patton, Naval Base Point Loma commanding officer. "The 2005 BRAC action on Naval Base Point Loma is a critical part of the planned growth of the Navy in the San Diego area over the next 10 years. Our base has significant excess capacity left over from the Cold War days, and it is imperative that we do our part to relieve the stress felt by the other two bases in San Diego, as the number of ships and commands continues to increase for the metro area."
In conjunction with the 2005 BRAC announcement, the Navy exhaustively studied all impacts of this move in an Environmental Assessment conducted in July 2007. The result was a finding of "no significant impact."
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