Defense Ministry To Speed Pace Of Base Closings
October 22 2009
French Defense Minister Herve Morin says France will speed up its planned base closings, Defense News reports.
Instead of spreading the closures of a number of small garrisons over four years, the Defense Ministry now plans to create 60 to 70 larger bases by 2011.
There will be three types of new bases, which will bring together the separate services onto one base or will be big enough to support just one service, according to Morin.
Morin also indicated that the 11...
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