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CITY OF FORT WORTH
RESOLUTION
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING NAVAL AIR STATION
FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE
WHEREAS the establishment of joint, master reserve and guard bases complements and
enhances the U S Department of Defense s ability to implement its point military operations
strategy a strategy designed to allow the U S to respond to a crisis anywhere in the world
rapidly and effectively and,
WHEREAS the 1993 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission agreed with
the Department of Defense to convert the former Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas
into amulti-service reserve force base and
WHEREAS the 1993 decision was based m part, on the ready availability of Carswell
and its support facilities the reduced cost of operating amulti-service military forces at a single
former military facility and the superior recruiting opportunities offered to the services by being
located m the vast Fort Worth/Dallas Metropolitan area, and,
WHEREAS Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base is occupied by the Naval
and Marine Corps Reserves the U S Air Force Reserve and the Texas Air National Guard an
arrangement which provides significant operational savings to the Defense Department as well as
to the State of Texas while increasing the quality of training and the readiness of these troops
and
WHEREAS a proposal to realign the U S Air Force 301st Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW)
to another location and retain the remaining services at the Carswell Air Reserve Station will
increase the Defense Department s overall operating expenses while reducing the effectiveness
of the Air Force Reserve unit's training and its recruiting ability and
WHEREAS the realignment of the Carswell Air Reserve Station s reserve elements
would have an adverse affect on the operating effectiveness of all Naval Air Station Fort Worth
military units and would greatly diminish or destroy the concept of joint reserve operations and,
WHEREAS the Fort Worth/Dallas area has strongly supported base closure and
realignment efforts the past five years putting national interests ahead of local benefits when
Carswell Air Force Base was selected for closure and through the tireless efforts of the citizens
of Fort Worth/ Dallas invested significant community dollars and time into redeveloping
Carswell into a model Joint military base.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Fort Worth, Texas City Council urges
• the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to recognize the valuable role that
Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base plays m the defense of our nation and the
readiness of its reserve forces by maintaining, at a minimum, the current deployment of units at
the facility and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fort Worth urges the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Commission to remove Naval Air Station Fort Worth and the U S Air
Force Reserves 301st Tactical Fighter Wing from consideration for base closure and
realignment and to support and prefect the point reserve and guard base concept.
Adopted this 16th day of May 1995 City of Fort Worth, Texas
Kay Granger
Mayor
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APPROVED
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