Military making do with less land

[unhappycamper]

Military making do with less land
By Tim Kauffman - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Feb 27, 2009 14:57:00 EST

The military is increasingly caught in a pinch for land.

The military’s need for additional space is growing, but so is the general population’s — making it harder for Defense Department agencies to find suitable land.

The Army alone needs 4½ million additional acres to meet training requirements. But it’ll have to make do with less, said Keith Eastin, assistant secretary of the Army for installations and environment.

“I think it’s unrealistic to think we’re going to be able to close that gap,” Eastin said last week at a hearing before the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness.

Finding enough land suitable for training is one problem; but even if suitable land were available, it would cost too much to acquire, Eastin said.


Rest of article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/02/military_less_land_022709/%2e

[Historic NY]

1. call me crazy but they closed some large facilities in the last decade.

[Crowman1979]

2. Well with virtual systems available.

Having large tracts of land for every base is no longer neccessary.