John Conger (left), President of Conger Strategies, moderates the reforming installation management on the corporate committee on the second day of the National Summit 2025. LTG David Wilson, LTG David Wilson, deputy chief of staff, G9, was more representative by Michael Saunders, the deputy deputy deputy of the Air Force, installations and the environment and the environment Deputy Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, to the panel.
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LTG David Wilson, deputy chief of staff, G9 (right), speaks to the President of Conger Strategies on the second day of the ADC National Summit 2025 with moderator John Conger, President of Conger Strategies.
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Arlington, VA-LTG David Wilson, deputy chief of staff of the US Army, G-9 on the second day of the 2025 Association of Defense Communities as a discussion participant. The topic for this year's National Summit is the navigation of changes in which the leading executives of DOD, Congress and beyond the developing guidelines and transitions regarding the defense strategy approach.
Wilson, by Michael Saunders, Deputy Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment, and Christine Ploschke, Deputy Deputy Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, The committee was moderated by John Conger, the President of Conger Strategies. The topic focused on the reform of installation management at the company level.
Wilson opened the panel: “Everything we do is to take care of our soldiers and families in the 104 installations in which they live, work, train and play.”
He continued to discuss how important it is to maximize intergovernmental support agreements (IGSAS) in order to prevent the costs and work with the communities, “so that commanders can concentrate on Echelon on their priorities what the war struggle is”.
“We have 185 IGSAS in the army, from childcare to water treatment, in 125 cities, states and universities. We always examine how we enable efficiency, but do not lose effectiveness. From the entire company we also have to ensure that our soldiers have good living space to access sufficient children's and quality quality programs.”
Wilson also discussed innovative possibilities, as the army creates new structures with the help of additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D printing. Wilson informed the audience how the army just opened three 3D printed barracks in Fort Bliss, Texas. Army 3D printed these barracks as part of a pilot that was developed by the ICON Construction Technology Company based in Austin in cooperation with the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense, Fort Bliss Leadership and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Wilson emphasized time and cost savings.
“The traditional Milcon lasts 5 to 7 years. The army was able to print 3D-3 transient barracks in 3D prints in less than a year and cost $ 1.1 million per building. He added that the learned teachings have included all stakeholders from the beginning of such a project.
When the committee ended, Wilson discussed the efforts of the army in all three composes (components, including the regular army, the National Guard of the Army and the US Army Reserve) with regard to investment plans for facilities. Wilson spoke about how important it is to enable 4-star arms of arms to compensate for their priorities between barracks, living space, childcare facilities and mission training facilities.
“The installation management contributes to the ability of a commander to build and preserve the willingness. Our installations are power projection platforms on which we project, mobilize, train, use and re -use. We must be able to develop, modernize and build up resistance.”
The association of defense communities was founded 50 years ago to build resistant communities that support the military of America. Over 300 military communities will be present, the main focus of which is on the partnership with all installations of all services within the DOD.
During the three -day event, the National Summit will be present more than 300 military communities, the main focus of which is on the partnership with all installations of all services within the DOD.