Legal Eagles Eye Lawsuit Over Oceana: As soon as DOD announced that Virginia leaders had failed to meet BRAC criteria to keep NAS Oceana’s fighters at the Navy’s master jet base, state attorneys began reviewing options for a lawsuit, reports the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. There may be no need, if the Norfolk newspaper has the skinny on the only publicly discussed alternative location—the former Cecil Field near Jacksonville, Fla. The Pilot reports that Jacksonville is no longer interested in resurrecting Cecil.
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.