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

Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

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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 conflicts, 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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