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Defense Secretary James Mattis released an initial budget guidance memo that prioritizes current readiness, filling in shortfalls and then building a larger and more capable force.
The Jan. 31 memo, released today, states that “the ultimate objective is to build a larger, more capable, and more lethal joint force, driven by a new National Defense Strategy,” though it does not preview the new strategy itself.
Rather, the memo calls for intermediate goals of addressing “immediate and serious readiness challenges” and “addressing pressing programmatic shortfalls.”
Phase 1 of this effort calls for a FY 2017 budget amendment that would be delivered to the Office of Management and Budget by March 1. This would increase current-year defense spending over what the Obama administration recommended and Congress marked up and approved, though that budget plan is not actually in use right now; rather, the federal government is still operating under a continuing resolution due to lawmakers not passing their spending bills last fall. For the budget amendment to have an effect, Congress would have to take action this spring.
This budget amendment would “address urgent warfighting readiness shortfalls across the joint force, and new requirements driven by acceleration of the campaign against ISIS. The amendment may increase force structure in critical areas where doing so would have an immediate readiness impact,” according to the document, and while it will create a net increase in spending over the current FY 2017 spending plan, it may make cuts from lower priority programs as needed to offset some of the cost.
Next, the FY 2018 budget request would be delivered from the Pentagon to OMB by May 1, for White House approval and then delivery to Congress. This request may buy more munitions, invest in advanced capability demonstrations, fund facilities sustainment and critical enablers, and grow force structure as needed.
And finally, a 2018 National Defense Strategy will help shape the FY 2019-2023 program. That strategy will outline “a new force sizing construct” that will inform how the military grows going forward, and will lay out an approach for enhancing lethality against high-end competitors. Additionally, the strategy will contain new business reform agendas beyond what has taken place over the last few years through an effort driven by the House and Senate armed services committees to reform defense acquisition. The “ambitious” agenda “will include horizontal integration across DoD components to improve efficiency and take advantage of economies of scale.”
https://news.usni.org/2017/02/01/ma...izes-readiness-previews-2018-defense-strategy
The Jan. 31 memo, released today, states that “the ultimate objective is to build a larger, more capable, and more lethal joint force, driven by a new National Defense Strategy,” though it does not preview the new strategy itself.
Rather, the memo calls for intermediate goals of addressing “immediate and serious readiness challenges” and “addressing pressing programmatic shortfalls.”
Phase 1 of this effort calls for a FY 2017 budget amendment that would be delivered to the Office of Management and Budget by March 1. This would increase current-year defense spending over what the Obama administration recommended and Congress marked up and approved, though that budget plan is not actually in use right now; rather, the federal government is still operating under a continuing resolution due to lawmakers not passing their spending bills last fall. For the budget amendment to have an effect, Congress would have to take action this spring.
This budget amendment would “address urgent warfighting readiness shortfalls across the joint force, and new requirements driven by acceleration of the campaign against ISIS. The amendment may increase force structure in critical areas where doing so would have an immediate readiness impact,” according to the document, and while it will create a net increase in spending over the current FY 2017 spending plan, it may make cuts from lower priority programs as needed to offset some of the cost.
Next, the FY 2018 budget request would be delivered from the Pentagon to OMB by May 1, for White House approval and then delivery to Congress. This request may buy more munitions, invest in advanced capability demonstrations, fund facilities sustainment and critical enablers, and grow force structure as needed.
And finally, a 2018 National Defense Strategy will help shape the FY 2019-2023 program. That strategy will outline “a new force sizing construct” that will inform how the military grows going forward, and will lay out an approach for enhancing lethality against high-end competitors. Additionally, the strategy will contain new business reform agendas beyond what has taken place over the last few years through an effort driven by the House and Senate armed services committees to reform defense acquisition. The “ambitious” agenda “will include horizontal integration across DoD components to improve efficiency and take advantage of economies of scale.”
https://news.usni.org/2017/02/01/ma...izes-readiness-previews-2018-defense-strategy
