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.