Matthew J. French

The Florida Department of Military Affairs (DMA) Long Range Program Plan (LRPP) for FY2024-2029 outlines four key goals: Military Readiness, Military Response, Mobilization and Deployment, and Fiscal Responsibility. The plan details objectives and outcomes for each goal, focusing on maintaining authorized strength, training proficiency, equipment readiness, facility utilization, and effective execution of Federal and State funds. Specific outcomes include maintaining authorized personnel strength, ensuring service member qualifications, maintaining federally assigned equipment, maximizing facility utilization at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, achieving readiness and response compliance standards, supporting counterdrug programs, executing youth challenge and STARBASE programs, improving readiness centers, managing trust funds, and effectively executing Department of Defense contracts. The plan also addresses challenges such as Federal budget constraints, aging facilities, and rising maintenance costs, outlining strategies for addressing these issues. The LRPP demonstrates a commitment to supporting national security objectives, protecting citizens, and adding value to the state and nation.