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Army Will Use Potential FY ’17 Budget Boost To ‘Plug Holes’ In Personnel, Readiness

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Army Will Use Potential FY ’17 Budget Boost To ‘Plug Holes’ In Personnel, Readiness
U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, meets with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Leaders in the box at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif, Nov. 6, 2016. Milley spoke to officers and Soldiers alike, offering insight about the future of the Army, the importance of the National Training Center, and the value of finishing a college education. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Austin Anyzeski, 11th ACR)

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…

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