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$9.5 Billion Army Budget Hike Funds Endstrength, Modernization In FY19

$9.5 Billion Army Budget Hike Funds Endstrength, Modernization In FY19
Dragoons from Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment advance in a Stryker during a joint training exercise with Lithuanian soldiers in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, March 2, 2015. Photo: DVIDS

The Army’s fiscal 2019 budget request provides a nearly $10 billion boost in funding aimed at growing the force while providing more for daily operations, procurement and modernization.At $148.4 billion, the Army’s fiscal 2019 base budget request comes in at $9.5 billion, or 7 percent, above the fiscal 2018 request. The spending plan released Feb. 12 represents a $17.4 billion increase from the fiscal 2017 enacted budget.Including Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding, the Army’s total budget request for fiscal 2019…

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