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Revitalizing the Force Ashore February 2010To date, the Department has awarded 32 military family housing privatizationprojects totaling over 61,000 homes for Sailors, Marines, and their families. Over90 percent of Navy and Marine Corps family housing has been privatized. As aresult of these projects, almost $9 billion will be invested in the construction of newhousing and the replacement or renovation of existing housing. The Departmenthas contributed approximately $1 billion towards this initiative, thus leveraging itsresources by nine to one. Furthermore, the Department’s approach to privatizationwill ensure that quality of the privatized housing is sustained over the long term.The Department’s FY 2011 construction budget contains $35 million to fund thereplacement of 71 units at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Additionally,$28 million is budgeted in post‐acquisition construction for the improvement andrepair of 116 homes located overseas in Japan. The DON’s budget also includes$330 million for the operation, maintenance and leasing of more than 14,400 unitslocated worldwide.The Marine Corps FY 2011 request for post‐acquisition construction includes$119 million to support the construction of 104 units at Camp Pendleton, Californiaand 220 units and an addition to a DoDEA high school at Camp Lejeune, NorthCarolina to help support the growing force. This will be accomplished through theuse of military housing privatization authorities, in order to reduce the familyhousing deficit at those locations. Additionally, the request includes $11 million forimprovements and repairs to 44 homes located in Sasebo, Japan. The Marine Corps’budget also includes $26 million for the operation, maintenance and leasing ofapproximately 800 units located worldwide.Figure 41 - Family Housing UnitsFY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011New construction projects 3 2 1New construction units 146 30 71New privatization projects/units 6 / 2,228 1 / 231 2 / 3246‐8 FY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget