Drum 2020
Mission Statement:
Drum 2020 will insure the continued presence of the Fort Drum
military installation in Northern New York and support efforts
to enhance its usefulness and mission in our nation's defense.
Objectives:
Drum 2020 will actively support Fort Drum by:
- Advocating its
expansion
- Advocating its retention as a Power Projection Platform and
valuable asset of the services
- Advocating its continued use as a mobilization site and maneuver
training area for the Reserves, National Guard, and other
services and those involved in homeland defense
- Advocating at the State and National level the inherent value of
Fort Drum for all-service, all-weather, year-round, unencumbered
training facilities
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Educating the broader community in the necessity of maintaining
Fort Drum and the jeopardy this installation faces in the 2005
base closure round
- Increasing understanding of the installation's military value
and its place in the economic life of our region and State
- Inviting voluntary participation and involvement of all on base
retention issues.
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Sub-Committees
Information
Richard Babbitt, chair
Communications
Ruth Ellen Blodgett, chair
Membership/Finance
Don Alexander & Gary Derouin II,
co-chairs
Base Realignment and Closure legislation |