Norm Dicks 'not troubled' by GAO report on joint-basing costs, says JBLM has solid future
Unfortunately I missed a phone call from Rep. Norm Dicks before I filed my story for today’s paper on cost overruns that limited the Pentagon’s savings from the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
That BRAC round matters to the military community in the South Sound because it led to the merger of Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base, resulting in Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Pentagon expected to save $2.3 billion by combining 26 installations into 12 joint bases in that BRAC effort. Instead, it’s likely to save $249 million.
