Restarting the Army National Guard Controlled Humidity Preservation (CHP) program

In the mid-1990's, the National Guard Bureau (NGB) invested $75 million to set up 355 sites as part of an ambitious, and initially successful, CHP program. In 1997 the Department of the Army's Economic Analysis Center concluded that a fully-funded CHP program would result in cost avoidance and productivity improvement equal to $1.8 billion in savings over a ten year period. In 2003, the AMPTIAC Quarterly stated, “By any measure, the ARNG possesses the most significant CHP capability within the DoD.”

Around 2017 NGB funding was no longer available and individual states didn't have the manpower, money, or expertise to maintain their sites. Restarting those CHP sites, and modernizing them as needed, can put that $75 million back to work - and new technologies can keep it working with "sustainable" sustainment systems. The resulting benefits include:
1.) Significant cost avoidance. 2.) Higher equipment readiness levels. 3.) Reduced maintenance backlogs. 4.) Fewer maintenance shortfalls. 5.)More equipment counted as mission capable. 6.) Extended equipment lifecycles. 7.) Lower total ownership costs. 8.) Reduced stress on supply chains. 9.) Compliance with Army Regulation 11-42.

Leveraging the monies already invested, the NGB can achieve a highly attractive ROI which will compound each year.

Restarting and modernizing National Guard Control Humidity Preservation (CHP) sites will result in significant cost avoidance, higher asset readiness levels, reduced maintenance costs, extended equipment lifecycles, and compliance with Army Regulation 11-42.

Congress resumes and reinvests into a modern controlled humidity program across the National Guard.