
If the Army gets the extra $8 billion it asked for under the proposed fiscal 2017 defense budget boost, it will use the cash to further shore up near term readiness, the perennial priority of Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.“Essentially my guidance is to fill in the holes,” Milley told reporters on Tuesday after an appearance at the Future of War Conference hosted by the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. “We need to fill those holes in order…