military construction


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military construction

Any construction, alteration, development, conversion, or extension of any kind carried out with respect to a military installation. Also called MILCON.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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By working with the leadership of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs, the Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs Appropriations Subcommittees, and key Democrats and Republicans, we were able to move advance appropriations legislation forward.
DOD's cost estimates for military construction and operations and support have limitations and do not provide Congress complete information on the true costs of ballistic missile defenses in Europe.
I thought the focus on military construction was really interesting, especially since there seems to be a lot of building going on all over the Army.
[section] 2805, Unspecified Minor Construction, to expand the threshold authority for the use O&M funds for construction projects to $1.5 million (4) and expand the threshold authority for the use of Unspecified Military Construction funding to $3 million.
In 1994, the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and the United States Army Engineer School began a program of intensive study taught by UMR faculty at Fort Leonard Wood that allowed officers attending the Captain's Career Course to earn university graduate credit leading to a certificate in military construction management and then to a master's degree in engineering management.
The overall military construction program will involve installations in the contiguous U.S.
Requested funding for military construction in FY 2006 is $79.3 million.
Officials are also targeting inadequate housing on base through the use of partnerships with private developers and military construction projects.
Bush's signature on the Defense and military construction appropriations bills last October, the Army budget is
A bill regarding military construction appropriations for fiscal year 2003 has passed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The funding would reportedly pull $5 billion from the Department of Homeland Security budget and $3.6 billion from the military construction budget at the Pentagon, according to the news service.

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