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Army Details $178 Billion FY ’21 Budget Request, Boosts Funds For Modernization Programs

Army Details $178 Billion FY ’21 Budget Request, Boosts Funds For Modernization Programs
Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville answer questions during a press conference at the 2019 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Washington Convention Center on Oct. 14, 2019. (Photo: Jennifer Milbrett for AUSA

The Army on Monday released its $178 billion budget request for fiscal year 2021, which includes finding another $13.5 billion to realign toward high priority programs and boosting development funds across nearly all of its six modernization priorities.  The FY '21 request, split between a $153.1 billion base budget and $24.9 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding, represents a flat budget for the Army arriving at about $2 billion below the FY '20 enacted amount of $180 billion. Both the…

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