The Army’s fiscal year 2016 budget request acknowledges that it can’t have a ready force now and invest in future warfighting systems given the tight budget environment, so the service chose to prioritize operational readiness and higher troop levels now while taking risk in longer-term technological superiority.Given increasing global obligations, the Army’s budget request attempts to slow the reduction in the Army’s active duty force—not dropping to 450,000 active duty troops until FY ’18 instead of ‘17--and it boosts readiness…
Army Taking Longer-Term Risk in Modernization Accounts to Preserve Short-Term Readiness
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Rich Abott
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