Command Performance
Telling the Army Story
The Army’s Home—
What Army Installation Management is Doing
to Restore the Army’s Balance
By Lieutenant General Robert Wilson
In order to sustain our all-volunteer force, we will do more to support our Army families during
these challenging times. Family support systems—health care, housing, childcare and education
designed for the pre-9/11 peacetime Army—must be adapted to sustain an Army at war.
The health of the Army family is and must remain a priority for the Army leadership as long as we
choose to depend on volunteers to protect and defend our nation . . . as long as we depend on
that national treasure . . . our All-Volunteer Force.
The Honorable Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army
Arrival Ceremony, Fort Myer, Virginia, 30 August 2007
The U.S. Army’s Installation Management
Command (IMCOM) is all about installation, Soldier
and family readiness. It is IMCOM that provides “The
Army’s Home” to thousands of men and women in
uniform and the families that support them. Our mission
is to provide the Army with installation capabilities and
services to support expeditionary operations in a time
of persistent conict, and to provide a quality of life
for Soldiers and families commensurate with their
service.
In his 2008 State of the Union Address, President
George W. Bush said,
America is a force for hope in the world
because we are a compassionate people, and
some of the most compassionate Americans
are those who have stepped forward to protect
us. We must keep faith with all who have risked
life and limb so that we might live in freedom
and peace. . . .
Our military families also sacrifice for
America. They endure sleepless nights
and the daily struggle of providing for
children while a loved one is serving far
from home. We have a responsibility to
provide for them. So I ask you to join me
in expanding their access to childcare,
creating new hiring preferences for military
spouses across the federal government
and allowing our troops to transfer their
unused education benets to their spouses
or children. Our military families serve our
nation, they inspire our nation and tonight
our nation honors them.
The President’s assessment rings true with
the Army leaders, Soldiers, civilians and families
who make up the Army Family.
Army Chief of Staff General George W. Casey,
Jr. has stated that today’s Army is out of balance.
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