Project Concise was a United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 program to close military installations

Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory to reduce...

 after the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

 . The closures included Nike missile launch sites and command posts such as the Highlands Army Air Defense Site and other Cold War sites such as the Charleston Army Depot, Fort Wolters

Fort Wolters

Fort Wolters was a United States military installation four miles northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas. Originally named Camp Wolters, it was an Army camp from 1925 to 1946. During World War II, it was for a time the largest infantry replacement training center in the United States. After the war, the...

, and Valley Forge General Hospital.

The project commenced with a May 1972-autumn 1973 study that identified numerous posts which were instead retained (e.g., Fort McClellan

Fort McClellan

Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, was a United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million troops...

http://books.google.com/books?id=c5L8qTgsLnUC&pg=PA221 instead closed in 1999), and the closures were announced on November 22, 1974.http://174.123.24.242/leagle/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=19761637413FSupp1224_11461.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 A follow-up program of realignments was announced in 1976.