Shaffer
10-30-02, 09:11 AM
For the second straight week, a high-ranking military official said local military bases are vital to the nation's defense and shouldn't be affected by base closures scheduled for 2005.
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England spoke at a meeting of Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce on Monday at Naval Hospital Beaufort.
England echoed comments made by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Jones last week at Parris Island that the Marine Corps and Navy don't have excess real estate.
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/1869012p-1861447c.html
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England spoke at a meeting of Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce on Monday at Naval Hospital Beaufort.
England echoed comments made by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Jones last week at Parris Island that the Marine Corps and Navy don't have excess real estate.
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/1869012p-1861447c.html