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Commission On Army’s Future Nears Final Report, Aviation Restructure Solution

Friday, November 20th, 2015

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Commission On Army’s Future Nears Final Report, Aviation Restructure Solution

A pilot from of 1st Squadron, 229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., flies the new AH-64E Apache Longbow Photo: U.S. Army

The group tasked with drafting recommendations for the future size and structure of the Army has just a handful of weeks left to finalize its report so that it can be vetted for security concerns in time for its Feb.12 publication deadline.The National Commission on the Future of the Army (NCFA) met for its penultimate meeting Thursday and now faces the unenviable task of drafting its report without knowledge of the Army’s fiscal year 2017 budget request and in the…

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