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Wormuth: Lack of Fiscal 2024 Appropriations and Supplemental Passage Harms U.S. Army Transformation

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

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Wormuth: Lack of Fiscal 2024 Appropriations and Supplemental Passage Harms U.S. Army Transformation

U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, observes U.S.-led training of Ukrainians at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany on Feb. 15 (U.S. Army Photo)

Congressional dawdling reflected in the pedestrian passage of continuing resolutions (CR) and the lack of approval of regular fiscal 2024 appropriations and the proposed Emergency National Security Supplemental Act harms U.S. Army transformation, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said on Feb. 27. "Without a '24 appropriation and continuing under a CR and not having the supplemental for Ukraine hurts our ability to transform," she told a Defense Writers Group (DWG) breakfast. "Without the ability to do new starts and re-programmings, we…

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