The assistant secretary of the Army for instillation, energy and environment is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Army and ensuring that its efforts related to installations, Army real estate, energy security and sustainability, and the environment are executed consistent with law, regulation and policy. This appointee is responsible for the continued operational readiness and safety of more than 120 U.S. Army installations worldwide, including research facilities, medical centers, troop garrisons and munitions stockpiles.2
• Establishes strategic direction for the Army Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process within the assistant secretary’s assigned functions, and coordinates and integrates that direction with other officials of headquarters, Department of the Army and other Army elements
• Provides strategic guidance and supervision for policies, plans and programs for facilities investments, Army real property, military construction, energy security, operational energy, water security, contingency bases, environmental initiatives and Army privatization initiatives executed across the headquarters and department.
• Advises the Army secretary and chief of staff on installations’ suitability for stationing.
• Develops and supervises the implementation of policies for base closures, realignments, stationing, planning and utilization, reuse and economic adjustment programs.
• Develops and supervises policies and budget requests for Army construction, including overseas construction agreements.
• Supervises Army energy security and sustainability, including the development of strategy and policy; supervises headquarters, Department of the Army councils and committees; and represents Army environmental and sustainability interests with federal regulator agencies and state and local governments.
• Provides policy and supervises Army-wide safety and occupational and environmental health risk management, including sanitation and hygiene.
• Supervises the development of Army policy for environmental, safety and occupational health aspects of the DOD’s Chemical Demilitarization Program and, in coordination with the assistant secretary of the Army and the deputy chief of staff, G-3/517, serves as the Army’s Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Conventional Treaty verification and compliance official.