These Army childcare centers, training facilities and barracks likely won’t be funded this year

Major proposed budget cuts are likely to leave out a number of vehicle maintenance projects, childcare facilities and barracks for both officer and enlisted soldiers.

The Army has submitted a budget of $173 billion, which is $3.6 billion less than what it got last year. They’ve put money into modernization, readiness and personnel at the cost of other areas, such as construction.

On the service’s $5.5 billion unfunded requirements list for fiscal year 2022, at least six current projects would not receive money to complete construction. New construction on another 17 projects would have to wait at least another year.

The unfunded requirements list serves as a communication from each service to Congress on projects or needs that are a high priority but were not factored into the budget they submitted. The items on the list were left off the budget to meet the funding expectations of the president, who outlines executive branch funding plans for the larger federal government annual budget.