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Accession Number:
AD1166865
Title:
Military Housing: Opportunity for Reducing Planned Military Construction Costs for Barracks
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Letter Report]
Corporate Author:
United States General Accounting Office
Report Date:
2003-01-07
Pagination or Media Count:
9
Abstract:
We are reviewing the Department of Defenses DOD management of its unaccompanied enlisted permanent party housing, commonly referred to as barracks for unmarried servicemembers. We understand that over the next few years the services plan to eliminate barracks with gang latrines and provide private sleeping rooms meet DODs 11 barracks design standard1 for all permanent party servicemembers. The Navy has an additional goal to provide barracks for sailors who currently live aboard ships when in homeport. To implement these goals, the services plan to spend about 6 billion over the next 7 years to construct new barracks. In addition to reviewing the services plans and exploring opportunities for reducing costs, one of our objectives is to assess the consistency of and the rationale behind the services barracks occupancy requirements. While we expect to complete our review of DODs management of military barracks early in 2003, the purpose of this interim report is to bring to your attention the widely varying standards among the services regarding who should live in barracks, the effect this can have on program costs and quality of life, and the apparently out-of-date policy guidance on this subject. Timely resolution of these matters could potentially affect future budget decisions.
Distribution Statement:
[A, Approved For Public Release]
