Helicopter Brigade effort is obviously intended to promote more desire for expansion of PCMS

So the Army advised 60 some days ago they wanted to erect 'clamshell' buildings on PCMS - one to be used for 'helicopter maintenance and repair'.  We asked then, 'Doesn't this suggest a variance from 'historical use limits' that the Federal Courts placed?'

And today then it was announced they are indeed looking at bringing an entire helicopter brigade to Colorado.  (see JULY 28 Pueblo Chieftain ) Suggesting it would help push the new southern gate access to Fort Carson, the Army is also trying again to manipulate/buy off local support via dangling hypothetical economic carrots for an expansion effort that cannot be justified.  

With the increased noise level and other associated issues relative to stationing a helicopter brigade at Fort Carson there will be additional pressures for expansion of PCMS.   

It appears to anyone wanting to take the time to look that they keep trying to utilize the current site beyond historic levels and to expand PCMS.  No matter what they say everyone should be looking at what they are actually doing because they are often two entirely different things.

Expanding PCMS is still a priority for the military and until such time as the Dept of the Army and the DoD revoke their  approvals to go forward with it one must assume they are indeed, going forward with that directive.  The only thing keeping them from doing so is the year to year funding ban that Congressman Salazar again got through committee for 2011.  It still needs to pass in the House and Senate too to remain in effect and we will continue our efforts to support that. 

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