The Pentagon has completed its planning for the fiscal year 2021 budget request that will be sent to Capitol Hill next month, and while it includes some difficult choices, “harder choices are coming again” in future years, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Wednesday.
The Army will rely on its “night court” process to find cuts as it invests in modernization efforts even as budgets flatten out after next year, he told the Defense Writers Group, according to Defense News
The Trump administration will release its full budget request Feb. 10.
Navy leaders have been lobbying for a bigger cut of the Pentagon’s budget, as On Base reported.
Army photo by Sgt. James Harvey
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Naval Academy plebes climb the Herndon Monument, a tradition symbolizing the successful completion of the midshipmen’s freshman year. The class of 2027 completed the climb in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 11 seconds. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey
