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Army Can Show Results On Modernization With Two Or Three Years Of ‘Good, Solid Budgets,’ McConville Says

Army Can Show Results On Modernization With Two Or Three Years Of ‘Good, Solid Budgets,’ McConville Says
Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. James C. McConville, attends the Association of the United States Army's 2019 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dana Clarke)

The Army’s chief of staff said Thursday with “two or three more years of good, solid budgets,” along with keeping end strength flat and reducing the number of “exotic-type” exercises, the service believes it will be able to deliver results from across its modernization agenda. “We don’t have the budget yet. But a lot of people are saying you shouldn’t anticipate having a much larger budget than you have, so what we’re doing is prioritizing what needs to get done,”…

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