HEADLINE NEWS
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While the U.S. Army’s mission is to be prepared to fight and win, anywhere and anytime, Army Secretary Mark T. Esper says it’s no secret China and Russia are “the principal competitors against which we must build sufficient capacity and capabilities.”
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A new American Enterprise Institute report proposes a dramatic $157.8 billion five-year increase for Army programs to repair and rebuild the force.
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The Army could see a $6.5 billion boost in the fiscal year 2018 budget as a result of the bipartisan budget agreement.
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The U.S. military is “coming back,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in response to the unveiling of the $686.1 billion defense budget for 2019 and the bipartisan agreement that lifted 2018 and 2019 caps on military spending.
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Focus on readiness is paying off but the lack of steady funding remains a concern, Army Vice Chief of Staff James C. McConville told Congress.
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The 2019 Army budget seeks the biggest pay raise in almost a decade and assumes troops will also get an average 3.4 percent increase in subsistence allowances and a 2.9 percent average increase in their housing allowance.
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The Trump administration proposes boosting the Army by 12,500 soldiers in fiscal 2019, with 11,500 of the increase in the Regular Army and 500 each in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard.
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Trump administration’s national security plan would increase defense spending by $680 billion over the next 10 years, including about $22 billion more per year for the Army.
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In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump praised an Army hero, vowed to soon call for one of the biggest military spending increases in U.S. history, and said America is again ready to lead the world.
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Unique career paths for people like cyber officers may require more flexibility in accession and promotion rules than for other Army officers, the Army’s personnel chief told a Senate committee.