A Defense Department review backs the process that led to Space Command HQ's move to Alabama.
A key Pentagon review has said that the Air Force process that would lead to moving U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville was reasonable in its conclusions that the Alabama site was best, but asked for one more look at several areas of comparison.
The Pentagon started its detailed base selection process long before this decision to avoid personal and political influence and pressure in base moves. The Alabama site came out on top in the comparison, and the latest review by the Department of Defense Inspector General found reasons to support that decision.
The acting secretary of the Air Force, John Roth, said he would look at those three areas before finalizing the decision. That left the conclusion in those areas “resolved but open.” The Air Force sent a team of experts to the two finalist cities for a “qualitative and comprehensive” review. The team looked at the two bases and their surrounding communities in terms of whether the bases had room to grow and to host employees and their families. Factors included schools, medical care, cost of living, a healthy jobs market for spouses and the availability of quality, affordable housing off base. The Air Force designated Huntsville its “preferred” site after that review.
“The decision for the location of USSPACECOM Headquarters is critical. It affects not only national security but also military personnel and the communities of these candidate locations, said Sean O’Donnell, Acting Inspector General, Department of Defense. “We verified that the process the Air Force used to make the preliminary selection complied with law and policy.
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