Pentagon orders review of base moves, and more military news
The military spends about $5 billion per year on PCS moves, but now wants to drastically cut that by 50% starting in fiscal year 2030.
The toll taken on troops and families by constant moves has been an issue over the years. Project 2025, the policy blueprint produced by the Heritage Foundation think tank, recommended that the Defense Department evaluate “the military family holistically when considering change-of-station moves.”
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More recently, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said that Marines should be able to stay at their current duty stations if they want to, instead of being forced to move every few years.
“If you want to stay at Camp Pendleton, your spouse has good employment, you’re happy in your home there, and you know the terrain and you know the training, why can’t you stay there for nine, or 10 or 12 years?” Smith said on May 1 during the annual Modern Day Marine exhibition in Washington, D.C. “I’m not saying you should stay there for your entire 30-year career, but we don’t have to move you every three years.”
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