Mississippi Development Authority

Columbus	Grenada	Hancock County
Columbus AFB	Camp McCain	Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command National Oceanographic Office Naval Research Laboratory
Hattiesburg	Meridian	Harrison County
Camp Shelby	Naval Air Station 186^th Air Refueling Wing	Keesler Air Force Base Naval Construction Battalion Center Combat Readiness Training Center
Rankin County	Pascagoula	Vicksburg
172^nd Airlift Wing	Singing River Island	Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Research Development Center

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission - BRAC

I, Haley Barbour, Governor of the State of Mississippi, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Mississippi do hereby establish the "Mississippi Military Communities Council" to advise executive and legislative officials of the State of Mississippi regarding the ongoing efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to close, realign, restructure, streamline, or otherwise take actions that would impact military installations located within the State. The Council shall also advise regarding opportunities to enhance, expand, add or otherwise improve missions, programs, facilities, operations on or affecting the military installations in the State. For each active duty military installation and National Guard Training center in the State, duty military installation and National Guard Training center in the State, community teams organized to monitor federal base restructuring activities and/or to enhance nearby military installations may be represented on the Council.

Other Links: U.S. Department of Defense, National Guard Association, Association of Defense Communities, Department of Homeland Security, Officer of Economic Adjustment.