ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

President Donald Trump praised the 10th Mountain Division during an Aug. 13 visit to Fort Drum, N.Y., and joked with the crowd.

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that moves the U.S. Army closer to its goal of a 500,000-member Regular Army. A 2.6 percent military raise, the largest increase in nine years, is part of the new law. He signed the bill surrounded by 10^th Mountain Division soldiers.

A $717 billion defense policy bill that boosts pay, troop levels and Army modernization programs has passed Congress and is on its way to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature.

Army leaders have vowed to do what is within their power to improve employment opportunities for military spouses.

The Army’s logistics chief warns unpredictable funding in 2020 and beyond continues to create problems for Army planners.

The Army National Guard is “now on a solid path to recovering” lost readiness, the Guard director told Congress.

The 2019 defense budget will help “reverse the downward trend that has stifled Army modernization,” senior officials are telling Congress.

People, values and alliances were the top priorities listed by Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper at a 2019 budget hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in a March 26 memo calls for an aggressive, all-hands effort in the Pentagon to wisely spend the additional money provided by Congress for military programs.

Congress appears close to approving a 2018 defense budget that includes a $6.5 billion increase for Army weapons programs in addition to boosting troop levels and spending more on readiness.