Original story written by DJ Paul in 1999.

 

Bill Clinton did some things right, while simultaneously managing many things very poorly (and not addressing the Monica adventure here).  The alleged Clinton Administration "Peace Dividend"  military base closures will prove to be an exceptional mistake with many late-1990s closures. Otherwise put, this new "Clinton's Folly" that now threatens us all.  Closing bases like NAS Adak remains a hughly short-sighted mistake.  It may cost a billion+ US Dollars to re-open the needed NAS Adak.

The Story Written In 1999

Naval Air Station (NAS) Adak, in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, was abandoned by the U.S. Navy in the late 1990s as part of the mid-1990s Bill Clinton Administration base-closure "Peace Dividend" activity (the same "Peace-Dividend" political movement that closed Rome [New York] U.S. Air Force Base).  The NAS Adak base closure is certain to prove a huge mistake in future years. NAS Adak location is now renamed and operational under Alaska State authority as Adak Airport.  If interested, please see the Wikipedia article cited below as a good historical reference source.  Excellent sport hunting and fishing are (or were) found here on Adak Island. I met an Electronics Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer here who was known to bag a 400+ pound halibut fishing aboard the NAS Adak MWR fishing vessel, taken from local Bering Sea waters -- his photo of the halibut shows the hanging fish as tall as the senior chief who was happily standing beside his large catch.  

Remembering the one keepsake brought back from this NAS Adak PACEX 1989 assignment as exercise comms officer -- a T-shirt that states: "NAS Adak Alaska -- It's Not The End Of The World, But You Can See It From Here."

To view Adak's Wikipedia article, Click HERE

Recent concerns and adversarial activity:

View US Senator Sullivan's October 2024 comments, click HERE

It may be past time to reopen NAS Adak, click HERE to view a lengthy article by writer Eric Scigliano on Adak dated September 2024.