Army Budget Boss: Threats, Uncertainty Reign

Army Budget Boss: Threats, Uncertainty Reign
Army Budget Boss: Threats, Uncertainty Reign

ARLINGTON: No one knows what the 2016 budget is really going to be. In fact, no one can even plan properly for what it might be, the highest-ranking budgeteer in Army uniform made clear this morning. The uncertainty is coming at the Pentagon from two sides at the same time. On the demand side, there’s…

Tiered Readiness Returns In Army 2015 Budget; Not All Brigades Ready to Fight

Tiered Readiness Returns In Army 2015 Budget; Not All Brigades Ready to Fight
Tiered Readiness Returns In Army 2015 Budget; Not All Brigades Ready to Fight

PENTAGON: Last year, the sudden budget cuts known as sequestration forced the Army to cancel crucial training for 78 percent of its combat brigades. The budget request for 2015, released today, buys back a lot of that lost readiness — but not all. In fact, the Army has now officially resigned itself to what it…

The Army Has It Worst 2.0: Readiness Shortchanged $13.7 Billion

PENTAGON: “Army Has Biggest Problem.” That’s it. Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale’s official briefing slides for today’s big budget roll-out couldn’t be blunter. Hale has made this point before, but in case anyone imagined Congress rescued the Army when it passed a belated 2013 spending bill last month, the budget presentation today made clear the biggest…

Army: Sequester Ripples Will Harm Everything From Garbage Pickups To Training

PENTAGON: With the arbitrary and automatic cuts called sequestration to take effect on Friday, the Army is scrambling to figure out exactly how budget shortfalls will screw up everything from barracks repairs to combat training. “As recently as yesterday,” the Army’s budget director, Maj. Gen. Karen Dyson, told reporters this morning, “the Army senior leaders…