
Risk, readiness and a hollow force topped concerns on Thursday for the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on the 2015 Army budget request and what senators heard from the two top service leaders reinforced concerns for the Army's future without sequestration relief. SASC Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) quoted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, who has said without providing leaders the time and flexibility to shape the future force a hollow force will be created, and with…