The lack of continuous competent leadership is the root cause of environmental and economic woes impacting the DoD’s real property portfolio and its mission.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2022/02/01/nearly-a-third-of-defense-department-structures-have-exceeded-their-lifespan/
The DoD has NEVER implemented a robust, system-wide process to monitor and manage planning, procurement, and project delivery for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction. It short, there is a basic lack of management as well as very little financial visibility and transparency.
The DOD has at least a $137 billion deferred maintenance backlog. The DOD fails to have accurate maintenance cost estimates and cannot efficiently allocate available funding to conduct adequate maintenance. The DOD’s failure to implement a sustainment management system remains an unacceptable reality.
Tools and support services are readily available to support efficient facilities planning, procurement, and project delivery to enable asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management. The missing link is the lack of leadership commitment to do so.
