Posted on Feb 9, 2016
US Army Budget To Build Force Size in Europe
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WASHINGTON — As expected, the Army’s fiscal year 2017 budget request of $148 billion pivots the Army to Europe but also sacrifices some modernization efforts, cutting mainly from the aviation procurement account while bolstering vehicle spending, according to official budget documents.
The Army’s base budget request is $125 billion with an additional overseas contingency operations (OCO) account of $23 billion.
Yet, if the Army were to shift $2 billion into the OCO account to comply with the two-year bipartisan budget deal reached in Congress in 2015, the base would come to $123 billion while OCO would total $25 billion. Some of the official documents show those numbers instead.
The Army’s base budget request is $125 billion with an additional overseas contingency operations (OCO) account of $23 billion.
Yet, if the Army were to shift $2 billion into the OCO account to comply with the two-year bipartisan budget deal reached in Congress in 2015, the base would come to $123 billion while OCO would total $25 billion. Some of the official documents show those numbers instead.
US Army Budget To Build Force Size in Europe
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL This is a response to Russia's push to redraw WWII boundaries.
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CPT (Join to see) The Cold War remains with shirts and ties, while in bunkers lie scorpion and chamelion. Beware of this.
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So does that mean reactivation of units ? After the wall fell in Berlin we lost quite a few to deactivation. Thanks for sharing SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Strengthening the defenses of eastern Europe is a worthy goal. Let hope the next POTUS is much more like POTUS Ronald Reagan and nothing like POTUS Obama in terms of foreign diplomacy and leveraging the military as an extension of foreign policy.
Too many of our allies have been left to rot or be slaughtered by the current administration. From teh baltic through Ukraine to Iraq and Afghanistan those who risked their lives to assist the USA were treated horribly by our nation. What the past few years of foreign lack of policy reminds me of how we lef so many Vietnamese to be killed in South Vietnam when we back sout. At least in those days we made an effort to bring many out. In Iraq and Afghanistan we alienated our friends while so much effort has been expended to take care and make a home away from home for Syrians most of whom couldn't care a rat's ass for us. Those Syrians and Kurds who do care about freedom and fought for it and in fact are fighting for it have been left on the vine by our national leadership much of the time.
Too many of our allies have been left to rot or be slaughtered by the current administration. From teh baltic through Ukraine to Iraq and Afghanistan those who risked their lives to assist the USA were treated horribly by our nation. What the past few years of foreign lack of policy reminds me of how we lef so many Vietnamese to be killed in South Vietnam when we back sout. At least in those days we made an effort to bring many out. In Iraq and Afghanistan we alienated our friends while so much effort has been expended to take care and make a home away from home for Syrians most of whom couldn't care a rat's ass for us. Those Syrians and Kurds who do care about freedom and fought for it and in fact are fighting for it have been left on the vine by our national leadership much of the time.
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