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Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Information

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is the process the U.S. Department of Defense uses to reorganize its military installations to adapt to changing circumstances. The 2005 BRAC law will result in the transfer of 14,000 to 19,000 Department of Defense jobs to Fort Belvoir by Sept. 15, 2011.

A Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision regarding the BRAC moves to Fort Belvoir was released in 2007. According to the Record of Decision, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will bring 8,500 employees to the Engineer Proving Ground. Relocations of Army leased space and the new DeWitt Medical Center will bring approximately 5,500 employees to the main post of Fort Belvoir. The Record of Decision deferred decision on the location of an additional 6,200 jobs associated with the Washington Headquarters Service (WHS). Currently the General Services Administration warehouse site near the Franconia-Springfield metro is being studied as a possible location for WHS, as are Victory Center on Eisenhower Avenue and Mark Center on Beauregard Street in Alexandria.