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Rh (U) by DoD senior officials, as well as location self‑nomination letters and location and installation questionnaire responses submitted to the Basing Office from communities interested in hosting the USSPACECOM HQ. In addition, we reviewed records from in‑person location site visits conducted by the Basing Office subject matter experts, community virtual visits led by SAF/IE, site plan documents, and the publicly available data used by the Basing Office personnel during the 2020 Basing Action.

(U) This report provides the results of our evaluation. We have divided the report into 13 parts.

(U) This section, Part I, contains the introduction.

(U) Part II provides detailed background information on the phases of the USSPACECOM HQ basing action process and on significant input to the process received from senior officials.

(U) Part III contains a chronology of the significant events related to this evaluation to place those events in context.

(U) Part IV contains our analysis of Federal law, DoD policy, and Air Force policy that was applicable to the USSPACECOM HQ basing action.

(U) Part V is the main part of this report. It describes our analysis of the Air Force’s basing action process that culminated in the SECAF’s decision to select Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred permanent location for the USSPACECOM HQ. First, we discuss our analysis of the development, implementation, and results of the Self‑Nomination Phase. Second, we discuss our analysis of the development, implementation, and results of the Evaluation Phase. Finally, we discuss our analysis of the development, implementation, and results of the Selection Phase.

(U) Part VI contains our overall conclusions.

(U) Part VII contains four recommendations to the SECDEF and the SECAF based on the findings of this evaluation. It also contains management comments received and our response to those comments.

(U) Part VIII is Appendix A, which provides details of our scope and methodology used in this evaluation.

(U) Part IX is Appendix B, which provides the January 12, 2021, DoD Action Memorandum to the SECAF recommending Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred permanent location for the USSPACECOM HQ and the attached Decision Matrix.

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