Pentagon will pick new US base location by June 2027, prioritizing 4 requirements - Breaking Defense - 西甲竞猜

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Dale Marks reviews cutting-edge, operational energy innovations at OE-I's Energy Sentry - Pentagon expo. (Photo courtesy of DOD)

TAMPA, Fla. — The Pentagon wants to select a location for a new military base by June of next year based on four key metrics, and is asking states to submit their broad plans by Dec. 1, the senior official in charge of the effort told Breaking Defense this week. [...] Watch Now »

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Scroll for more video [...] His quest to find a home for this future base follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s late September announcement of a handful of new initiatives that involved tapping Marks to lead the effort to identify, evaluate, select, and prepare an “optimal site” for the installation.