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The Army is reducing its facilities footprint without closing bases, with some “positive results,” according to the assistant chief of staff for installation management.
A House committee has approved a $924 million Army construction budget for fiscal year 2018, $3 million more than requested by the Trump administration.
The Army’s request to increase funding for military construction and housing in the upcoming fiscal year is the largest in four years.
April 7, 2017
The Army could get rid of up to $1 billion of excess infrastructure, saving money that could be used to improve failed or failing facilities, if Congress could only accept the idea of another round of base closings, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley said.
The Army is making a new pitch to shrink its installations and facilities footprint.
A recent report, “Army Installations 2025,” notes that when the service draws down to its planned active-duty end strength of 450,000 soldiers by the end of fiscal 2018, it will be carrying 21 percent more facilities capacity than it needs.