Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Defense Department is operating at 19 percent excess capacity and is urging Congress to authorize another round of base realignment and closures, according to a new report sent to Capitol Hill and obtained by Inside Defense . "Now is the time to authorize another round," Mattis writes in an Oct. 6 letter accompanying the report. "I must be able to eliminate excess infrastructure in order to shift resources to readiness and modernization." Mattis notes...
