Base closings save luxury hotel in Hawaii for military brass

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Fort Knox losing 7,000 trainees but getting 5,000 permanent jobs. This was reported in my local paper today. Local authorities feel this is a win, win for Mitch McConnell's whoring. Nuthin new. What is interesting a few more glimmers into the BRAC report. Little gems -

- Don't mess with Texas - net gain of 6,150 new jobs, Maryland gain 9,293 and Georgia gains 7,423. Big losers are Connecticut, Maine and DC. (snip)

- Kindest cut- Concord, CA got its wish when the Pentagon selected the city's nearby Naval Weapons Station for closure - the city gets 12,800 acre facility, 35 miles outside of San Francisco could be transformed into 13,500 new homes with the value of the land $1 billion. (snip)

This next one is the best yet -

- A 'fort' with room service - As it has been since the first base-closing round in 1988, Fort DeRussy in Hawaii was spared. Perched on Waikiki Beach, where it remains the last undeveloped spot on the priciest piece of beachfront property in America, the 74-acre 'fort' is home to little more than a first-class, 814-room hotel. Though it could bring the always cash-hungry US military as much as $1 billion on the auction block , the hotel is considered a "quality of life" perk for the brass and other military personnel, who can vacation there at half-price rates. (Well, as long as the brass can have cut rate vacations :sarcasm:

- Bad day for history buffs - Historians and Civil War buffs will be sad to see an end to historic Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA. Home of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, museum and picturesque grounds along the Chesapeake Bay. (snip)

Info provided by the Scripps Howard News Service.

(edit - typos get thee behind me!)

[kittenpants]

1. good catch on that one. n/t

[TrueAmerican]

2. What are you talking about?

Do you know the facts? The hotel is for all ranks, not just for the brass.

And it's an Armed Forces Recreation Facility. The rates are lower for lower ranks.
see rates here: http://www.halekoa.com/rates.htm

[Democrat 4 Ever]

3. I just typed the report verbatim as presented by the Scripps Howard

news report. It said for the brass, I took them at their word.

That aside, do you really think the military needs a luxury hotel for anyone? Sell that sucker, buy some armor, give better benefits to military families, something, anything but a resort hotel in Hawaii. We are at war, shouldn't some sacrifices be made?

And I think you are fooling yourself if you don't think the brass don't get preferential treatment at the resort.

[HawkerHurricane]

5. I've been there, they don't.

The resorts for brass are ON base. This place is for the middling (Low grade officers, non-coms, and lucky juniors stationed near there) to bring thier families a cheap Hawaii vacation.

There's one like it near Disneyworld.

[DrDebug]

4. Well they need a place to relax, don't they?

And Fairbanks, Alaska isn't the best place to relax. Hawaii sounds a lot better