Military Housing: Costs of Separate Barracks for Male and Female Recruits in Basic Training

摘要

In response to a mandate in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, we determined each military service's costs if required to provide housing for male and female recruits during basic training in separate structures.1 We also (1) obtained the services' views on housing male and female recruits in separate barracks and (2) reviewed the services' compliance with the act's requirement to provide separate and secure areas for male and female recruits if they are housed in the same barracks. In June 1998, the Secretary of Defense approved plans of the military services to improve initial entry training programs and policies. The plans included measures to provide for the safety, security, privacy and appropriate supervision of recruits in barracks, a goal that responds to recommendations made by the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related Issues (also known as the Kassebaum-Baker panel). With these measures in place, the Army, Navy, and Air Force planned to continue housing male and female recruits on separate floors or in separate areas of the same barracks. The Marine Corps planned to continue housing male and female recruits in separate barracks.