Another round of BRAC, Base Realignment and Closure, is not occurring now, but whenever it does there will be some new criteria used in the evaluation.

Flint Hills Regional Council member Tim Brown highlighted a briefing recently received by the Council. One of the new criteria will deal with licensing and whether a state where a base is located accepts licenses of military family members such as nurses. “They’re going to be looking at schools, and the test grades from four and eight will be the ones they’re looking at. ” Medical, intergovernmental support agreements with local entities and housing will be other criteria areas.

BRAC can impact the number of troops stationed at installations, whether it’s a decrease or increase in troops. It is a topic followed by military related communities.

In past BRAC rounds Fort Riley experienced both a decrease and an increase in Soldiers.