Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III and Sharon Burke, assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, brief the Pentagon press corps on the department's Operational Energy Strategy at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Pentagon's First Energy Plan -- Wall Street Journal
In a bid to save lives and money, the Department of Defense on Tuesday presented its first plan to change how it uses energy on the battlefield.
The strategy, which will be fleshed out this summer with a more detailed implementation plan, constitutes the Pentagon's promise to develop more energy-efficient weapons, embrace non-oil energy sources and demand more energy-conscious behavior from the troops.
The plan is the Pentagon's broadest effort yet to come to grips with its huge and growing reliance on energy to carry out military operations. That energy dependence has proved especially costly in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, leading to soaring fuel bills and a dangerous reliance on vulnerable fuel convoys.
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