Community leaders around Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina are launching a new land-use study to try to shift new developments outside the base’s potential “accident zone,” reports the Charleston Post-Courier. There is some consideration being given to buying land adjacent to the base to forestall problems. The BRAC specter lingers on.
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.