Why was 1989 used as a baseline?
DOD selected 1989 as the baseline because that year represents one of the largest force structures relative to infrastructure and, therefore, gives a good picture of the extent of force structure that the infrastructure can support. Using 1989 as a baseline assumes that then-current facilities were properly sized, at least in the overall capacity, to support assigned missions and forces. In fact, because DOD implemented the overwhelming majority of closures and realignments from previous BRAC rounds after 1989, many categories of bases clearly had very significant levels of excess capacity in that year. For this reason, the 1989 benchmark of facility requirements was undoubtedly overstated, and as a result, the estimates of excess infrastructure capacity in the report are conservative.
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