McCarthy: Army tweaking POM to address top priorities

By Courtney McBride / October 13, 2017 at 5:54 PM
The Army intends to shift resources within its program objective memorandum to enable the "ruthless prioritization" required to modernize the force, according to the acting service secretary. Ryan McCarthy told reporters Oct. 9 he has "initiated a re-prioritization of funding in the POM and [a science and technology] review that will support the development of these efforts" to address his six focus areas. In order of significance, the service's modernization efforts are concentrated on long-range precision fires, a next-generation combat...

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