A Kind of Coming Together at Picatinny
By: Fred Snowflack | Published: 2025-07-22 17:02:00 | Source: www.insidernj.com
Picatinny Arsenal, that sprawling army base in Morris County, has just accomplished the impossible. Sort of.
The well-being of the base, and its 6,000 employees, has brought together New Jersey Democrats and Republicans. At least for now.
The state’s two Democratic senators and 11 of its 12 House members (nine Dems and two Republicans) are demanding that the Pentagon stop a plan that they say would cost Picatinny almost $1 billion and 1,000 jobs.
The only New Jersey congressman not signing a letter to Pete Hegseth, the Defense Secretary, was Republican Chris Smith.
The lawmakers are taking aim at a proposal to “dismantle the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition” (JPEOA&A) at Picatinny. They say that this “would have devastating consequences – threatening…
