House Appropriations Committee
Defense Subcommittee
Navy and Marine Corps Installations and Quality of Life Update
Witnesses:
- Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics for the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps
- Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Environment, Installations and Energy, Department of the Navy
- Sergeant Major Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps
- Master Chief Russel Smith, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Department of the Navy
- Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistic, Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy budget is $230.8 billion: a Navy budget at $180.5 billion and Marine Corps budget at $50.3 billion. In regards to climate change, the ‘23 budget increases climate investments by a total of $137 million across the shore providing funding for electric vehicle leasing, charging stations, installation resiliency, and natural resource carbon sequestration projects.