[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: "Army tells commanders to move out of and mothball older facilities"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army tells commanders to move out of and mothball older facilities


By Jared Serbu 
Federal News Radio
October 19, 2015 

With the odds dim that Congress will allow the Army to shrink its footprint of bases in line with its shrinking force, the service is implementing one of the few alternatives it has to a base realignment and closure (BRAC) round: moving soldiers and civilians out of its oldest buildings and shuttering them.

Lt. Gen. David Halverson, the commander of Army Installation Management Command has just signed an execution order telling base commanders to consolidate their personnel into the newest buildings they have and do everything they can to clear out of older, half-empty facilities. The measures are being undertaken mostly to save scarce maintenance dollars, partially because older buildings tend to be more costly to run. Some, officials said, will be placed in a long-term mothball status, others will be tagged for eventual demolition.

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For the entire article, see
http://federalnewsradio.com/army/2015/10/army-tells-commanders-move-mothball-older-facilities/

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Lenny Siegel
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