Army barracks and base housing has improved significantly during the past year, according to a senior commander responsible for their management.
“The army is methodically increasing its facility sustainment levels and focusing its infrastructure investment on readiness priorities, to support power projection, mobilization and the warfighter,” Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham, assistant chief of staff for installation management, told the House Appropriations subcommittee that manages military bases and construction during an April 17 hearing.
The Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) reported that Bingham described how barracks used for training and permanent residence improved by 14 percent and five percent respectively since 2014.
“Further, we are on glide path to improve 90 percent of our overall Army-owned housing inventory to god or adequate quality by the end of fiscal year [Sept. 30] 2020,” Bingham told the panel.
AUSA reported that the Army is seeking $2 billion for construction and $4.7 billion for sustainment, restoration and modernization for fiscal year 2019, which begins Oct. 1, 2018, and ends Sept. 30, 2019.
