Pacific Plans

Senate authorizers want the Army secretary to provide them with a report on the service's Installation Command's long-term management plan for the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee's report accompanying its mark of the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill released June 24.

"Given the unique and important nature of test facilities at the Atoll and its remoteness," the committee wants a report no later than April 30, 2014 if the provision becomes law.

The committee acknowledged that the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to have the service's Installation Command maintain infrastructure at the Kwajalein Atoll, noting, "the committee is pleased with bringing the expertise of the Installation Command to help manage certain aspects of the Atoll's infrastructure."