Equipment for the Soldier: A Most Critical Unfunded Requirement
Equipment for the Soldier: A Most Critical Unfunded Requirement
May 06, 2004
The Good News: The Army is committed to correcting the long-overdue modernization of individual and small unit equipment for active and reserve component Soldiers. The "Not So" Good News: Among the $5.987 billion worth of Army unfunded requirements, there is a budget shortfall of $1.175 billion for this endeavor.