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MARYLAND MILITARY INSTALLATION COUNCIL MEETING FEATURES BRAC-AFFECTED ORGANIZATIONS

Major Department of Defense agencies will discuss move to Maryland

Baltimore, Md. (June 4, 2008) – Representatives of the military organizations relocating to Maryland due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) will update the Maryland Military Installation Council on progress of the moves. The meeting will take place June 9, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Md. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes are scheduled to attend.

The agenda features briefings by officials of the major Department of Defense organizations moving to Maryland, including Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), moving to Aberdeen Proving Ground; Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Media Activities (DMA) and Adjudication and Office of Hearing and Appeals, relocating to Fort Meade; and Air National Guard and Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), coming to Andrews Air Force Base. The agenda also includes a presentation by Todd Morgan, president of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, on encroachment around the State’s military installations. Panel discussions will outline expansion plans, challenges and accomplishments of defense contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton, CSC, MITRE, L3 Communications, Battelle, and SAIC.

Authorized by the Maryland General Assembly and formed in 2003, the Maryland Military Installation Council’s mission is to identify the public infrastructure and community support necessary for the development and expansion of the State's military installations, and the potential impact on local communities. MMIC also provides support to the BRAC Subcabinet.

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