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By Kris Osborn – Warrior Maven
(Washington, D.C.) Senior Army leaders may be showing some concern about the yet-to-be announced 2022 budget request, adding that they would rather not be forced to choose between “better weapons and more soldiers” due to competing budget demands and planned expenditures.
The question, cited in an essay from Defense One, quotes Acting Sec John Whitley as telling Congress “I think there is a lot of risk in the budget.” The article also suggests that there may be a consensus that, among Army decision-makers and Congressional advocates, the upcoming budget is “not going to be what anyone wants.”
Whitley’s comments align with others such as senior Army leaders and lawmakers who are anticipating the upcoming 2022 Pentagon military budget with some trepidation, out of a concern that key focus areas such as modernization and manpower may be asked to absorb cuts.
Of course naturally Army leaders, advocates, and many on the hill, would not like to see funding for Army efforts diminished in a substantive way, given the current global threat environment and increased operational focus on multi-domain operations and defining new technologies such as AI and improved cross-service networking and communications systems.
“Little is publicly known about the Biden administration’s 2022 defense spending request, except that it will be submitted to Congress far later than usual, and that its $715 billion top line is a slight increase from this year’s $705 billion,” an interesting essay published by Defense One states.
