AIR SQUADRON BOUND FOR MUGU; ADDED PERSONNEL COULD BOLSTER BASE AGAINST FUTURE CUTS.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Daily News Staff Writer The Navy plans to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. an aircraft squadron with 450 personnel from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern to Point Mugu, bolstering hopes that the base will be able to survive future rounds of closures. The move will bring in the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 55, a five-aircraft transportation squadron, from Moffett Naval Air Reserve Center in Mountain View. Moffett formerly was an active-duty air station. ``We're really excited about the additional equipment,'' said base spokeswoman Cora Fields. ``Hopefully, it'll put us in a good position for any future rounds'' of base realignments or closures. The move is part of the Navy's continued efforts to consolidate its equipment in cost-saving arrangements. Also being relocated are a Mobile Maintenance Facility, which works with anti-submarine and surveillance aircraft, a Fleet Maritime Patrol Maritime patrol is the task of monitoring areas of water. Generally conducted by military and law enforcement agencies, maritime patrol is usually aimed at identifying human activities. Mobile Operation Command Center, known as MOCC MOCC Mobile Operations Control Center MOCC Mobile Operations Control Center (US Navy mobile rapid deployment system providing C4I support) MOCC Mission Operations Control Center MOCC Mobile Operations Command Center , and a P-3 trainer unit. The new units are expected to arrive in July. In all, the relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. will bring nearly 200 active-duty personnel to the base, and 250 reservists to the area for their monthly duty. U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Oxnard, said the relocation bodes well for the area economy, bringing in business and jobs, and helping to reinforce the base in the face of future military cutbacks. ``This is just another real feather in the cap for Mugu,'' Gallegly said. ``It will help reinforce the viability of Mugu in the future as we look to future base closings.'' The base at Point Mugu had been considered for cutbacks as part of the Navy's base realignment and closure Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress to close excess military installations and realign program in recent years. Last year, the base received a squadron as part of the Navy's relocation plans. Now, the base houses about 2,000 active-duty personnel. Fields said there is room to house the incoming personnel, who are expected to bring with them $7.5 million in payroll wages. |
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