Marines Reevaluate Funding For Humvee Upgrade Program In FY-17 POM

By Lee Hudson / February 26, 2015 at 11:28 AM
The Marine Corps is reevaluating whether it will fund a humvee upgrade program in its fiscal year 2017 budget process due to a tactical vehicle gap the service expects to face while waiting for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to enter the fleet, according to a top official. Assistant Marine Corps Commandant Gen. John Paxton said Feb. 26 during a breakfast sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association in Washington that Lt. Gen. Glenn Walters, the service's deputy commandant for...

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