Georgia House Military Affairs Study Committee

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August 29, 2016

Albany Area Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Rivera Holmes served as a moderator for a Georgia House Study Committee focused on protecting the state’s military bases from potential realignment and closure. She introduced Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard and Dougherty County Commission Chair Chris Cohilas to the committee. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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A committee of 15 individuals from the Georgia House of Representatives focused on finding ways to protect the state’s military installations from a future Base Realignment and Closure met in Albany.

Members of U.S. Congress from Georgia were at the Albany Welcome Center participating in a Georgia House Study Committee geared toward keeping the state’s military bases viable in the face of a future realignment and closure. From left are Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, and Sen. Johnny Isakson. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

State Rep. Darrel Ealum, D-Albany, is on the 15-member Georgia House Study Committee focused on helping to save the state’s military bases from a potential realignment and closure. The committee met at the Albany Welcome Center on Monday. (Herald File Photo)

A roundtable was put in place at the Albany Welcome Center on Monday for the Georgia House Study Committee that has been tasked with finding ways in which to save the state’s military bases from a future realignment and closure action. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

State Rep. Gerald Greene, R-Cuthbert, was in attendance at a Georgia House Study Committee meeting at the Albany Welcome Center on Monday focused on how to protect the state’s military bases from a future realignment and closure. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

State Rep. Ed Rynders, R-Leesburg, is part of a Georgia House Study Committee tasked with finding ways to strengthen the state’s military installations in the event of another base realignment and closure. The committee met at the Albany Welcome Center on Monday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

State Rep. Mike Cheokas, R-Americus, right, is part of a 15-member House Study Committee tasked with finding ways to protect Georgia’s military installations from a future base realignment and closure action. The committee met at the Albany Welcome Center on Monday, with a focus on discussing the impact of Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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