Budget Day

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is scheduled to conduct a press briefing at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 14 to discuss the Pentagon's fiscal year 2012 budget request, the department announced today. About 30 minutes later, Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale and Lt. Gen. Larry Spencer, the Joint Staff's director for force structure, resources and assessment, are slated to provide an overview briefing on the defense budget proposal.

Next, the military departments will take their turns at the podium. According to DOD, the Army will brief its budget plan at 3:15 p.m., the Navy at 4 p.m. and the Air Force at 4:45 p.m. Stay tuned to InsideDefense.com for full coverage of the Pentagon's budget plans.