ACTION REQUEST: ROUND 56 - HOST NATION

S E C R E T STATE 006305

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2020
TAGS: MARR NATO PREL GM
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: ROUND 56 - HOST NATION
CONSULTATION FOR CLOSURE AND RETURN OF US ARMY EUROPE
FACILITIES IN MANNHEIM, HEIDELBERG, AND GIESSEN, GERMANY,
AND ASSOCIATED FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES

REF: A. RND 56 EUCOM NOMINATION MESSAGE 080632Z APR 09

B. RND 56 USAREUR NOMINATION MESSAGE 042011Z DEC 08

C. DODI 4165.69 6 APR 05

Classified By: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSY BERLIN. POST IS
REQUESTED TO UNDERTAKE HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS AT THE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING RETURN OF THE SITES IDENTIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW AND FOR THE ASSOCIATED FORCE STRUCTURE
ACTIONS OUTLINED IN REF B. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE IN REF A
AND B. PLEASE NOTE THAT INACTIVATION OF US ARMY GARRISON
MANNHEIM IN FY10 SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSULTATION.
THIS IS THE 56TH ROUND IN A SERIES OF EUROPEAN BASE CLOSURES
RECOMMENDED FOR RETURN OR PARTIAL RETURN BY COMMANDER, U.S.
EUROPEAN COMMAND. POST IS REQUESTED TO REPORT RESULTS OF
HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. WHEN
POST'S RESPONSE IS RECEIVED, OSD WILL SEEK DEPSECDEF APPROVAL
OF THE REALIGNMENTS. AFTER THE APPROVAL, A PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT AND PA GUIDANCE WILL BE PROMULGATED (COORDINATED
BY DOD AND STATE),AND FACILITY RETURNS AND UNIT ACTIONS WILL
COMMENCE.


2. (S/REL GM) IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD INSTRUCTION 4165.69,
REALIGNMENT OF DOD SITES OVERSEAS (REF C),COMMANDER, U.S.
EUROPEAN COMMAND (USEUCOM) HAS NOMINATED U.S. ARMY EUROPE
(USAREUR) FACILITIES IN MANNHEIM, HEIDELBERG, AND GIESSEN,
GERMANY, FOR RETURN TO THE HOST NATION. THE FOLLOWING 23
FACILITIES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:

PHASE ONE (T) NLT 2010:

US ARMY GARRISON (USAG) HEIDELBERG:

HAMMONDS BARRACKS
SCHWETZINGEN TRAINING AREA
MARK TWAIN VILLAGE HOUSING (PARTIAL)

US ARMY GARRISON (USAG) MANNHEIM:

MANNHEIM CLASS III POINT
TAYLOR BARRACKS

PHASE TWO (T) NLT 2014:

USAG MANNHEIM:

FUNARI BARRACKS
SULLIVAN BARRACKS
BEN FRANKLIN VILLAGE FAMILY HOUSING

PHASE THREE (T) NLT 2015:

USAG MANNHEIM:

COLEMAN BARRACKS
SPINELLI BARRACKS
LAMPERTHEIM TRAINING AREA
EDIGHEIM BEACON SITE

USAG HEIDELBERG:

CAMPBELL BARRACKS (CURRENT HQ US ARMY EUROPE)
HEIDELBERG GOLF COURSE
HEIDELBERG HOSPITAL
HEIDELBERG COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTER
HEIDELBERG ARMY HELIPORT
KILBOURNE KASERNE
MARK TWAIN FAMILY HOUSING
OFTERSHEIM SMALL ARMS RANGE
PATRICK HENRY VILLAGE FAMILY HOUSING
PATTON BARRACKS
TOMPKINS BARRACKS

USAG WIESBADEN:

GIESSEN GENERAL DEPOT

NOTE: FOR HOST NATION NOTIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED FORCE
STRUCTURE ACTIONS SEE REF B, BUT EXCLUDE THE INACTIVATION OF
THE USAG-MANNHEIM IN FY10.


3. (S) ANTICIPATED ANNUAL OPERATING COST SAVINGS BY THIS
REALIGNMENT ARE APPROXIMATELY $148M/YEAR. ROUND 56 ACTIONS
WILL AFFECT APPROXIMATELY 5,507 SOLDIERS, 2,991 U.S.
CIVILIANS, AND 1,973 HOST NATION POSITIONS (FOR A TOTAL OF
10,471 PERSONNEL). THE OVERALL IMPACT INCLUDES THE NET LOSS
OF APPROXIMATELY 1,300 LOCAL NATIONAL JOBS.


4. (S) THIS NOMINATION SUPPORTS USAREUR,S ONGOING
TRANSFORMATION AND CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS AND IS CONSISTENT
WITH USEUCOM,S MASTER PLAN, THE STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION
PLAN, AND THE DOD GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REALIGNMENT EFFORT.


5. (S) U.S. AFRICA COMMAND HAS COORDINATED AND CONCURRED ON
THIS NOMINATION PACKAGE.


6. (U) INFORMATION WILL BE DECLASSIFIED UPON PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT. OSD/ISA-EUR POLICY POC IS RICHARD DOTSON,
703-614-7195; OSD/ATL POC IS MS. SHERRY HOLLIMAN,
703-697-7303; JOINT STAFF/J-5 POC IS CDR DAN CALDWELL,
703-613-1466 (DSN 224); HQ EUCOM REALIGNMENT POC IS MR. AL
LEW, ECJ4-EN, COMMERCIAL 49-711-680-8664, DSN 430-8664;
USAREUR POC IS MS. MILLIE WATERS, COMMERCIAL 49-06221-57-3693.
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