Trump trims Army to finance Navy fleet in lame-duck FY-22 budget gambit

By Jason Sherman / December 11, 2020 at 12:11 PM
The Army would be forced to dial back modest end strength increases planned for the near-term in order to help finance a lame-duck proposal by the Trump administration to dramatically increase the size of the Navy fleet, a move that would shave 1,700 troops from a planned increase of 6,700 -- a 25% decrement between fiscal years 2021 and 2022. This is part of a proposed five-year plan beginning in fiscal year 2022 to divert $45 billion from the Army...

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