Allyn advocates for a new BRAC round, citing 21 percent excess infrastructure

By Connie Lee / February 9, 2017 at 9:57 AM
The Army has 21 percent excess infrastructure, making a new round of base realignments and closures a possible avenue for savings, the service's vice chief of staff told lawmakers this week. "So it's real money, that we really need to reinvest into the deferred maintenance in infrastructure backlog that we have," Gen. Daniel Allyn told the House Armed Services Committee Feb. 7 regarding the possible impact of a new BRAC round. "For the Army, it's $11 billion in deferred infrastructure...

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