Pentagon leaders do not plan to cut force structure to balance the military's fiscal year 2017 budget proposal, but instead hope to address a $14.9 billion gap between earlier plans and DOD's allowance under the new two-year budget deal through a combination of favorable economic assumptions, efficiencies, and trimming discretionary parts of the budget -- including modernization. Mike McCord, the Pentagon comptroller, said that while reductions to combat units might normally be considered when the budget topline is lower than...
