The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is gearing up for the start of the fiscal year 2015 budgeting process even if members are not in Washington this week, with chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) writing to 14 top military officials to ask what needs they have that will not be included in the Pentagon’s budget request. McKeon sent letters to the four service chiefs, the National Guard Bureau chief and the nine combatant commanders to ask them all to submit--directly to…
