
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller says the service’s budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is “more than adequate” to continue building near-term readiness, but there are still modernization needs to meet its goal of being able to fight a high-end war by 2025.The Navy’s budget for fiscal 2019 overall is $194.7 billion, of which $27.6 billion is the Marine Corps share. That represents a $1.3 billion increase from the fiscal 2018 budget.The budget covers 186,100 Marines…