ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Base Realignment and Closure Act, also known as BRAC, is the means by which the military manages resources on the scale of base realignment, relocation and closure.
As military requirements for resources change, the DoD will request congressional authorization for a round of BRAC. In the latest round, BRAC 2005, ANAD received towed artillery work transferred from Rock Island Arsenal.
According to David Norquist, the DoD's comptroller, the pentagon will not ask for authority to close facilities in the fiscal 2019 budget.
In a statement on Feb. 12, Norquist said the various military departments will try "working with Congress to find common areas where we can make reforms and changes that don't create the same types of obstacles" instead of asking for a new round of BRAC.
What this means to Anniston Army Depot is that the installation must continue to ensure we are the most cost effective depot, producing the highest quality products for the war fighters.
The Logistics Business Development Office was established at ANAD in 2012 for this purpose, bringing together the Integrated Logistics Support Office and the Business Management Office.
Combining the expertise of the two offices, helped the depot transition missions from other organizations through BRAC, integrating the new processes into the depot workload and infrastructure.
The new missions and weapon systems from BRAC had to be intertwined with existing processes on depot.
The LBDO leads the establishment of these new capabilities.
Additionally, LBDO has the responsibility of bringing new partnerships to the depot and integrating those missions into ANAD's existing processes.
To remain vigilant for possible future BRACs, the LBDO keeps ANAD at the forefront of political leaders' awareness.
The office combines their efforts with the state's Military Stability Commission, local leadership and the military liaison at the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce to showcase ANAD's capabilities and strengths.
LBDO partners with industry, non-Department of Defense government entities, academia and other branches of the military to enhance system availability to the war fighters, generate revenue, maintain core skills and maximize the use of depot facilities.
New technological capabilities are also generated by partnering with industry and academia.
Through BRAC rounds to date, ANAD has fared well and ranked first in military value during the 2005 BRAC.
The alternatives to BRAC, which were alluded to by Norquist, include each service making better decisions on how to utilize capacity and capability.
The Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Army Materiel Command and the Department of the Army regularly request data from ANAD to assist in making those capacity and capability decisions.
The depot's best chance of avoiding adverse effects from realignments or closures is to continue maintaining the high standard of military value it is known for.
Each employee is able to assist in accomplishing this by continuously improving how we conduct the business of combat power regeneration and do all we can to maximize war fighter readiness.
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