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Official: Army Will Require Budget Growth To Fund Modernization, In Addition To Night Court Savings

Official: Army Will Require Budget Growth To Fund Modernization, In Addition To Night Court Savings
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Horlander, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Managment and Comptroller), poses for a command portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, Aug. 29, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

The Army’s push to modernize around 31 signature programs will require three to five percent budget growth in the coming years, in addition to continued reforms to shift funds away from lower priorities, a service official said Tuesday.  Lt. Gen. Thomas Horlander, a top Army budget official, told attendees at an Association of the United States Army that, when factoring for inflation, the service’s new budget request for fiscal year 2021 represents a one percent downturn in real purchasing power.…

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