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Army Gets Reduced Topline In FY ‘22 Budget Request, Makes Cuts To Keep Modernization On Track

Army Gets Reduced Topline In FY ‘22 Budget Request, Makes Cuts To Keep Modernization On Track
Chief of Staff of the Army General James C. McConville listens during the distinguished visitor day presentation during EDGE 21 at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on May 14, 2021. Photo by Sgt. Robert Whitlow

The president’s fiscal year 2022 budget request released last Friday details plans to cut Army spending by $3.6 billion, as the service looks to protect full funding for its future weapon system development by buying less helicopters, upgrading fewer Strykers and Abrams vehicles and cutting another round of lower priority programs. While the Air Force and Navy received increased toplines in the request, the Army’s $173 billion budget represents the “tough choices” senior leaders have forecasted in recent months, to…

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