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Army Chief Ready To Lay Out Priorities For Funding Bump Under Trump

Army Chief Ready To Lay Out Priorities For Funding Bump Under Trump
Gen. Mark A. Milley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, during his Aug. 18, 2016 visit to Rodriguez Live Fire Center, South Korea.

The Army is trying to generate as much readiness as possible, modernize and man its units under a constrained budget, but has specific plans to invest an increase in funding anticipated under the incoming Trump administration, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Jan. 12.“I developed a priorities list, which has not been publicly disseminated. When the time comes we will advise the civilian leadership in the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army and up on the Hill…

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