This section of the report presents a summary and a brief analysis of the inventory of military real property as of 30 June 1960. Detailed statistics on Civil Works property (river and harbor and flood control property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army) are not included in this report. The real property under the control of the military departments is one of the most important assets of the Department of Defense. In order to achieve maximum defense at minimum cost, such real property must be administered in accordance with modern management principles. The real property inventory provides information required to achieve management objectives of better utilization, use of existing real property in lieu of new acquisitions, and reduction of real property holdings and maintenance costs by effecting prompt disposition of excess property. The first inventory report of the military departments submitted under uniform instructions (Department of Defense Instruction 4165.14) covered an inventory of 1 January 1954 which was completed in November 1954. Data from this first report and each of the subsequent inventory reports have been used in the preparation of Congressional reports by the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration. The inventory data covering military real property include land and improvements on such property including installed equipment such as fixed overhead crane runways, elevators, lavatories, plumbing and electrical systems. Machine tools and production equipment at such installations, however, are not included, but are included under personal States Government of real property controlled by the three military departments as of 30 June 1960 was $32.0 billion, an increase of 7.8 percent over the $29.7 billion reported one year earlier. Of the $2.3 billion increase, resulting primarily from new construction, 70.9 percent was in properties of the Air Force, 16.9 percent in those of the Army and 12.2 percent in those of the Navy. Also, of the $2.3 billion increase, 81.2 percent occurred in properties located in the United States and its possessions, and 18.8 percent in foreign countries. The distribution by military department is illustrated in Chart 3. of the $32.0 billion total, $26.6 billion was in the United States, $1.2 billion in United States possessions, and $4.2 billion in foreign countries friendly to the United States. "Controlled," as used throughout this report, has reference to the right of directing the use of property. In connection with buildings, structures, or land, it includes (1) owned (acquired through purchase, condemnation, donation, or transfer); (2) leased; (3) public domain (withdrawn permanently or temporarily by the military departments); (4) temporary use (acquired through license or permit, temporary public land order, temporary executive or territorial order); (5) easements (utility, clearance, etc.); (6) foreign rights (base rights agreements, reciprocal aid, requisitioned, etc.). Table 3.--Cost of Military Real Property Controlled, by Location 1/ 1/ Does not include amount of rentals paid (see Table 12) nor the value of property under lease; does include costs of improvements on leased properties. 2/ Excludes Real Property in the amount of $4,824 million under the Jurisdiction of the Civil Works Division, Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. 3/ Includes National Security Agency and Defense Atomic Support Agency. Excludes Real Property in the amount of $734 thousand under the jurisdiction of the Civil Works Division, Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. |