The Association of the U.S. Army’s 2022 advocacy efforts focus on people, readiness, modernization and on-time funding for the Army, with an eye toward supporting efforts to strengthen the force.

Supporting soldiers from the Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve, Department of the Army civilians, families, veterans and retirees, AUSA’s focus areas stress the importance of having timely and sufficient budgets, providing programs and policies to support people, maintaining readiness and momentum for the Army’s modernization efforts, and supporting a healthy and resilient defense industrial base. 

AUSA will advocate for on-time passage of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act as well as the defense, military construction and veterans appropriations. 

The association also will support the Army People Strategy and the service’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, as well as its programs to prevent suicide and sexual assault and harassment.

Competitive compensation for soldiers and Army civilians and top quality-of-life programs for soldiers and their families, including health care, child care, housing, spouse employment and permanent change-of-station moves, are also priorities. 

On readiness, AUSA is calling for on-time and appropriate funding to continue improving readiness throughout the total force.

AUSA also supports maintaining momentum on the Army’s modernization efforts.

In terms of the defense industrial base and Army infrastructure, AUSA supports modernizing the DoD support base and securing the defense supply chain to enhance readiness. This includes depots and maintenance facilities, training ranges and deployment centers.

AUSA also supports a healthy, resilient and expandable defense industry and defense acquisition system.

AUSA developed its 2022 advocacy focus areas after discussions with national staff, senior fellows, region presidents and a region working group, and with feedback from the Army.

You can see the full list of focus areas here.