Mission Support/Community Partnerships

DOD Installations Chief Lays out Path toward Future BRAC Decision 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 20, 2018
DOD opted not to include a request for a new round of base closures when it submitted its fiscal 2019 budget proposal earlier this year, but by no means have defense officials given up on the prospect of asking for a BRAC in the future. On Wednesday, the department’s installations chief told lawmakers that because
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BRAC Provides Larger Target for Costs Savings, Experts Say 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 20, 2018
Two former DOD officials who appeared before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday to testify about Chairman Mac Thornberry’s proposal to trim 25 percent from the budgets of defense support agencies emphasized the difficulty in achieving the savings target when many activities, such as combat support and intelligence, would be shielded from the cuts aimed
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Major Cities Emerge as Candidates for New Army Command 0
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 20, 2018
The Army has named 15 cities as candidates to host the headquarters for its new Futures Command — Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh, N.C., San Diego, San Francisco or Seattle. “We want this headquarters to be located near leading academic and commercial institutions to harness
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Smith, Witnesses Question Proposal to Slash Support Agencies 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 19, 2018
A proposal to trim 25 percent from the budgets of defense support agencies in an effort to streamline overhead spending by the Pentagon and invest an estimated $25 billion in savings in warfighting appears unrealistic, two witnesses told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. The draft plan, unveiled earlier this week by Chairman Mac
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In Other News: Missouri Bill Would Establish $300,000 Community Grant Program; EDF Unifies Subsidiaries under New International Brand 0
- Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 18, 2018
The Missouri House has approved a measure creating a grant program to help communities attract new or expanded military missions and to strengthen military installations ahead of a BRAC round. The grants may be for used community-installation partnerships, promoting the value of an installation, economic diversification, research into factors that could help the community attract
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Services Turn to Demolition to Manage Excess Capacity 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 17, 2018
Without the prospect of a BRAC round to help the military services shed excess infrastructure, most have begun to budget larger sums to demolish facilities they no longer need. The Army has significantly increased spending to raze facilities since fiscal 2016, Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham, assistant chief of staff for installation management, told the House
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