The Marine Corps, forced in recent years to prioritize combat readiness in a constrained budget environment, is facing a $1 billion "bow wave" in deferred facilities sustainment costs by 2020, according to the service's assistant deputy commandant for installations and logistics. During testimony before the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee on Thursday, Maj. Gen. Charles Hudson, who also leads Marine Corps Installations Command, said that in order to meet the Corps' "first priority" of near-term readiness, the service was willing...
