Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The anti-LGBT bill in North Carolina.

There is a major military base for every branch of the USA military in North Carolina. How does the Governor square the National Guard?

Fort Bragg (click here)

Pope Air Force Base (click here)

Spouses do live off the base and have careers, too.

Camp LeJeune (click here)










There are several National Guard (click here) facilities in North Carolina. The headquarters are in Raleigh, the state capital.

Camp Mackall Army Base (click here)

Marine Corp Air Station Cherry Point (click here)

These military bases add to the NC economy. North Carolina does not want to continue their wayward hate of LGBTQ community. The spouses and children of these military men and women will not put up with it.

It is about morale. Our military cannot believe or feel they are not welcome anywhere except on their base.

Any governor of any state in the country would love to absorb at least one of these military bases.

Key Findings (click here) 
Overall, the economic impact model estimates that the military supports roughly 10 percent of North Carolina’s employment

The military supports 578,000 jobs in North Carolina, nearly $34 billion in state personal income, and $66 billion in gross state product

386,000 of the total military-supported jobs occur in the private sector

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Administrative and Waste Management Services, and Construction are the top three military-supported private industry sectors

102,000 active duty military personnel were assigned to units in North Carolina as of June 2015, and more than 78,000 individuals are projected to leave the military over the next four years

The North Carolina National Guard has a strength of nearly 12,000, with more than 20,000 in the Reserves

More than 20,000 civilian contractors are employed by the Department of Defense and the North Carolina National Guard in North Carolina

Department of Defense prime contracting in FY 2014 totaled $2.5 billion, with 81 percent of that being performed in the South Central and Southeast prosperity zones

79 of 100 counties had prime contracting activity in FY 2014

North Carolina’s active military personnel have in-demand occupational skills which could contribute to private industries in the state as personnel separate from the military in the future

North Carolina has a total of 775,000 veterans that reside in every county across the state

Military veterans in North Carolina received more than $8.2 billion in pensions, medical care and other support from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs in FY 2014