Army senior leaders in developing its six-year spending plan required program managers to "justify" the purpose of any effort that does not directly support one of the service's six modernization priorities, according to the vice chief of staff. Service Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters at a roundtable in the Pentagon Aug. 13 the service has sent its forecasting budget document for FY-20 through FY-24 to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, after the Army secretary and chief of...