BRAC Analysis: Pentagon Needs Updated Report on DOD Infrastructure

March 10, 2020

A new round of base realignments and closures (BRAC) could save the Department of Defense $2 billion annually, but naming “winners and losers” may cause controversy, Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense analyst Frederico Bartels explains in a recent column.

The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 was supposed to outline excess or insufficient infrastructure capacity by specific military installations or facilities, but such details for the current study were lacking.  “If the Pentagon actually produces such a report, then sparks will start to fly immediately,” said Bartels.

Along with a significant financial impact, the author explains that a new round of BRAC would assess if current military infrastructure is accurately aligned with the updated National Defense Strategy.

“Despite all of this, for the last two years the department has neither asked for the authority to conduct a new round of BRAC nor delivered a new study outlining the need for a new round of BRAC.”

Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Perry Aston

March 10, 2020

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