Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is joining other high ranking officials in warning Congress and President-elect Donald Trump about spending any possible new military funds on increasing capacity.
Trump repeatedly called for a larger active duty Army force during the campaign and since his election. Trump expressed interest in increasing the force by at least 60,000 troops.
But Milley warned that his service has other, higher priorities before it can increase its end strength.
“Readiness will remain the number one priority,” Milley said during a Jan. 12 speech at an Associate of the United States Army event in Arlington, Virginia. “If we’ve got some significant increase in money we will continue to prioritize readiness. Having said that, we have got to get after modernization, so there’s going to be a balance between the two.”
Milley said modernization priorities were in air defense, aviation and electronic warfare. Read more
Source: www.federalnewsradio.com