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Army’s FY ’15 $120.5 Billion Budget Request Focuses On Near-Term Readiness

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, March 4th, 2014

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Army’s FY ’15 $120.5 Billion Budget Request Focuses On Near-Term Readiness

As telegraphed by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Feb. 25, the Army’s $120.5 billion portion of the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2015 ends the Ground Combat Vehicle at the close of the technology demonstration phase, divests OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters and moves AH-64 Apache helicopters from the National Guard to the active component. Army officials said at a Tuesday budget briefing that the land force’s approach to the budget reductions for 2015 is to resource near term readiness while…

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