The Pentagon’s new Barracks Task Force will steer toward private sector “investment opportunities” and contracting to overhaul the miltary’s junior enlisted barracks under directives in a memo released by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Thursday.

Hegseth announced earlier this week that the Pentagon was creating a task force to come up with a “barracks investment plan.” The memo released Thursday laid out what that group’s work will be.

The memo directs the task force to identify options for “investment opportunities” and “acquisition and contracting strategies not bound by traditional planning.”

In a video posted to X, Hegseth said that will mean more involvement of private contractors.

“We’ll leverage the expertise of private industry to deliver innovative technologies and contract

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