The Army's budget request for fiscal year 2007 increased by $11.8 billion over the prior fiscal year, with much of the additional funding allocated to the service's plan to move from a division-based force to one that is brigade-based. The service will ask Congress for $6.6 billion to fund modularity. Most of that amount -- $5.9 billion worth, is allocated for procurement, Maj. Gen. Edgar Stanton, director of the Army budget, told reporters during a briefing today. This is the...