Army, Corps: $7B Shortfall in Budget

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Army, Corps: $7B Shortfall in Budget
Associated Press | February 15, 2008

WASHINGTON - The Army and Marine Corps need nearly $7 billion more than President Bush requested in next year's budget, a significant shortfall at a time when ground forces are carrying the brunt of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to budget documents.

Service officials said the president's budget was adequate to meet their objectives. But they added that much more could be done - and faster - to improve the military's ability to fight if more money were provided.

"In a time of war and in an era of persistent conflict ... significant challenges remain," Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, wrote in a letter to lawmakers.

The Navy and Air Force also identified a multibillion dollar budget gap in what is known among lawmakers as service "wish lists."

An annual tradition, the services give Congress details on every widget and weapons program that they wish could have been included in the president's budget, but was denied because of financial constraints. The lawmakers, who request the lists, use them to write spending legislation.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,162157,00.html



uhc comment: Color me confused. In this thread, the services are asking for another $30,000,000,000. A snip from the thread:

The Navy requests $4.6 billion more, the Army $3.9 billion and the Marine Corps $1.3 billion.


I'm only seeing $5,200,000,000 for the Army and Marine Corps.