ABSTRACT Despite multiple base closing rounds, the United States Department of Defense still has excess base capacity, and thus President Trump and high-level Defense Department officials are calling for more base closure through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. However, another BRAC may not be the optimal solution, because simple base closure is not an efficient way to reduce surplus base capacity. Thus, Defense Department officials should consider other methods to reduce surplus capacity, including reduction in base size, leasing excess base property, or transferring it to another government agency for a variety of alternative uses. The surplus capacity issue also offers an opportunity to DOD to reassess base utilization, to update base requirements with current and future force structure. While BRAC focuses on American military bases, the process and alternatives also have international applications.

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更多军事基地关闭？考虑替代方案

摘要 尽管进行了多次基地关闭回合，但美国国防部的基地容量仍然过剩，因此特朗普总统和国防部高级官员呼吁通过基地调整和关闭（BRAC）程序进一步关闭基地。然而，另一种 BRAC 可能不是最佳解决方案，因为简单的碱基闭合并不是减少剩余碱基容量的有效方法。因此，国防部官员应考虑其他减少过剩产能的方法，包括缩小基地规模、租赁多余的基地财产，或将其转移到另一个政府机构以用于各种替代用途。产能过剩问题还为国防部提供了重新评估基地利用率、根据当前和未来部队结构更新基地需求的机会。