Military installations provide the foundation for U.S. defense efforts. Maintaining these installations is, therefore, critical to supporting America's national security. DoD must continue to sustain and reshape this foundation so that military facilities continue to support readiness and quality of life. BRAC is not just a budget exercise. It is critical to adapting DoD's infrastructure. DoD has four overarching goals for its installations:

• Right Size - Locate, size, and configure installations and facilities to meet force structure requirements.
• Right Quality - Acquire and maintain facilities to provide mission-ready installations and quality living and working environments
• Right Resources - Leverage available resources and improve the balance between requirements and funding
• Right Tools - Improve facility management by using modern asset management techniques.

(Source: 2001 Annual Report to the President and Congress, Part IV: Transforming The Department of Defense, Chapter 15 - Installations)

Maps of California Installations:

• Major California DOD Installations (pdf)
• Major California Military Base Closures and Realingments (pdf)
• Historic California Military Installations (pdf)

Installations:

• State-by-state breakdown of personnel and DoD spending (pdf) - 52 pages
• Chart showing DoD spending in each state (pdf) - 1 page
• DoD and military personnel by state (pdf) - 54 pages
• Percent distribution of military personnel by state (pdf) - 5 pages
• National Base Structure Report 2004 (pdf) - 186 pages
  -- Information on California installations begins on page 27

Ranges and Range Complexes:

• West Coast Ranges, November 2002 (pdf)

Defense Industry in California:

• Impact of Defense Industry, November 2002 (xls)
• Impact of Top 40 DoD Contractors in FY 2002 (xls)
• DoD - Total Impact, Public doc (xls)
• DoD $ - Public by County (xls)
• DoD (private) $ - California Counties (xls)