Stand-To!- Residential Communities Initiative-May 5, 2006 (UNCLASSIFIED)

Fri May 5 09:00:08 EDT 2006

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TODAY'S FOCUS

Residential Communities Initiative

What is it? The Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) is the Army's
military housing privatization program. RCI is a primary component of the
Army's plan to eliminate inadequate military family housing using a
combination of:

* Traditional Military Construction,
* Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) increases, and
* Privatization.

In 1996, Congress provided the military Services with the authorities to
obtain private sector capital and expertise to construct, improve, and
sustain military housing in the U.S. The RCI program leverages appropriated
funds and on-post housing assets to obtain private capital and expertise to
build, renovate, operate, and maintain adequate family housing for the long
term. The program conveys existing units, and leases the underlying ground,
for a 50-year term, to a qualified development partner. The partner collects
rent from tenants (military families), equal to the Soldier's basic
allowance for housing. The Army may make an equity contribution when
necessary to ensure adequate funds for the required scope of work. The RCI
program currently plans to include 42 locations with 82,000 homes, more than
90 percent of on-post family housing in the United States.

What has the Army done? During 2005, the Army privatized family housing at
nine installations, with about 18,500 homes, for a total of 26 privatized
installations, with a projected end state inventory of almost 60,000 homes.
These 26 projects will complete $7.8 billion in work during the initial
development period, of which the Army has contributed $421 million (an 18:1
leverage ratio). 
Continue <http://www.army.mil/aps/06/maindocument/infopapers/29.html>  

For more  <http://www.army.mil/aps/06/15_addendums.html> information on this
and other topics see Addendum J in the Army Posture Statement.

INFORMATION YOU CAN USE

2006 Game Plan 

The Game Plan performs four key functions:
* Reinforces this year's Posture Statement, which describes our situation,
our Army Vision, our accomplishments, and our compelling needs;
* Explains how we will measure the execution of our strategy - to stay on
course;
* Explains how several key Departmental processes have evolved to increase
their value to you; and,
* Highlights key decisions made in recent months regarding Defense strategy,
basing, force structure, and many other areas.
More on the Game Plan
<http://www.army.mil/features/2006ArmyGamePlan/ArmyGamePlan(4May06).pdf> 
Game Plan: Taking Care of Soldiers and Army
<http://www.army.mil/features/2006ArmyGamePlan/GamePlanOnePgr.pdf> Families

NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY

*	Tobyhanna Arms Soldiers With Medical Computers (ARNews
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8959> ) 

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<http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=232174> ) 

*	VFW Buys Phone Time For Troops (ARNews
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8957> ) 

*	Army Tests Future Combat Systems In Air Force Experiment (ARNews
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8963> )

WAR ON TERROR NEWS

*	U.S. Uses Iraq Insurgent's Own Video To Mock Him (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060505432809.html>  | NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html?hp&ex=114688
8000&en=34e0bdc40194e682&ei=5094&partner=homepage> ) 

*	U.S. Tells Of Iraq Insurgents' New Tactics (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060505432834.html>  | LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-qaeda5may05,1,7615060.story>
) 

*	Iraqi Command and Control Center Opens Doors Amidst Turnover Of New
Territory (MNF <http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/May/060504.htm> ) 

*	US Seeks Options For Iraq, Finds Few Answers (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060505432801.html>  | CSM
<http://search.csmonitor.com/search_content/0505/p04s01-usfp.html> )

OF INTEREST

*	Rumsfeld Speech Brings Out Protesters (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060505432840.html>  | AJC
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/0505metrumsfeld.html> ) 

*	Wake-Up Call' Leads to 100 Pound Weight Loss (ARNews
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8958> ) 

*	Panel VotesTo Block Tricare Hikes, Bump '07 Pay Raise (SAS
<http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?article=36919&section=104> ) 

*	Soldiers Help Mend Girl's Heart (ARNews
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8960> )

WORLD VIEW

*	U.S. Air Strike Kills Iraqi Civilians (ALJ
<http://www.aljazeera.com>  | Story
<http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11280> ) 

*	Cheney Has No Regrets Over Iraq Invasion (GD
<http://www.guardian.co.uk>  | Story
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1766794,00.html> ) 

*	The U.S. Failed "War for Peace" Doctrine (ALJ
<http://www.aljazeera.com>  | Story
<http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=1
1282> ) 

*	Why Has US Manufactured A Crisis Over Iran? (AN
<http://www.arabnews.com>  | Story
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=81686&d=4&m=5&y=2006> ) 

*	Hamas: US Blocking PA Funds (ALJ <http://english.aljazeera.net>  |
Story
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FF4CF49C-8738-40A6-98BC-7B0C2ABA3DF1
.htm> )

WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS

*	Iraqi Insurgents Shoot Like Girls (BS
<http://spurious-george.blogspot.com/2006/05/iraqi-insurgents-shoot-like-gir
ls.html> ) 

*	In Country With Our Troops At Fallujah and Ramadi (TW
<http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2006/05/in_country_with_our_troops_a
t.html> ) 

*	Good News From Iraq (BS
<http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/05/good-news-from-iraq_04.html> ) 

*	Nemechek To Assist U.S. Troops. (TKR
<http://www.teamkellyracing.com/news/?p=157> )

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