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I am not a historian, so i am not sure how from a historical persepective how the "war industry" behaves during war time, but it's kind of crazy to see how all of these jobs are being shifted around and consolidated here in the area. I have not read all the articles nor seen all the facts, but if we can take any cues from the corporate world of the recent past once reorganiztion of jobs starts eventually elimination of jobs, roles and responsilities occur as well. It will be interesting to see how this area (DC Metro Area) will fare if the "war industry" begins to layoff folks. The effects could be very deep given the the high cost of living in this area and i am not sure of the non-government affiliated private sector could accomodate a sudden huge influx of job seekers.In any event....
Here is a list of all of the affected agencies
DC losing jobs...
The word spread quietly and quickly yesterday over lunch in the third-floor cafeteria, in the hallways near nursing stations and along the grassy knolls of the guarded, 113-acre campus off Georgia Avenue NW: Walter Reed Army Medical Center almost certainly was closing for good.
Most of the D.C. hospital's 5,630 workers had suspected as much since May, when the Pentagon issued its recommendation to shutter the facility. But the news that a federal commission had approved the closing of the premier U.S. military hospital, which has helped heal the broken bodies of soldiers and presidents alike for nearly a century, still hit hard.
VA gaining and losing jobs...
Fairfax officials said they are not against a new community in their county of more than 1 million people. They're opposed to finding themselves unprepared for 18,000 additional people on the roads near Fort Belvoir and for thousands of children looking for spots in schools that are already at capacity. "We will do the best we can to welcome those people," said Supervisor Gerald W. Hyland (D-Mount Vernon), who represents the area around Fort Belvoir, which is growing faster than any other spot in the county. "But we will be looking to our federal partners to help us."