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Army’s FY ’18 Budget Request Continues To Put Readiness Before Modernization

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Army’s FY ’18 Budget Request Continues To Put Readiness Before Modernization
Army Budget Director Maj. Gen. Thomas Horlander briefs reporters on the service’s fiscal year 2018 budget request on May 23, 2017 at the Pentagon. (Photo by Dan Parsons)

The modest funding increase the Army is requesting in fiscal 2018 will maintain the current force and ensure those soldiers are trained and equipped for ongoing and near-term conlflicts, leaving little left to spend on modernization.At a $137 billion base funding request with $29 billion in overseas contingency operations (OCO) funding, the total $166 billion Army budget is a 5.2 percent, or $7 billion, increase from the enacted fiscal 2017 budget. At least $5.7 billion of that bump is consumed…

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