
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he met with the service secretaries and other top Pentagon officials March 26 to discuss how the Department of Defense will properly manage the financial infusion it expects to receive from the recently enacted fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations act.The $1.3-trillion omnibus, which contains $700 billion for defense, an $80 billion increase from FY 2017, was signed into law by President Donald Trump March 23 (Defense Daily, March 23). While enactment came almost six months…