Lt. Gen. William Phillips, the military deputy to the Army acquisition executive, and Lt. Gen. Robert Lennox, the service's chief programmer (G-8), are fond of calling each other "battle buddies" because of how often they find themselves representing (and defending) Army acquisition efforts before Congress and the media. They will do so again tomorrow, Oct. 26. Both three-stars will be headed to Capitol Hill to discuss the general state of the Army's acquisition system with the House Armed Services tactical...