‘Army Strong’ is weak when it comes to lobbying for dollars on Capitol Hill, report finds
March 04, 2019 John Vandiver - Stars and Stripes
“Army Strong†might be its motto, but on the bureaucratic battlefield for resources the military’s largest branch is weaker than the other services, which have the edge in self-promotion, a new RAND report says.
“The sense one gets is of the Army as a bit too selfless, too concerned with service over self-interest and competition,†the RAND Corporation argued in a study into how the services compete. “This further implies that the Army, overall, believes that it is bad at competing in the bureaucratic arenas.â€
In their study, called Maneuver and Movement, Rand scholars examined the cultures among the services and how they inform the way they fight for resources and relevancy.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/03/army-strong-is-weak-when-it-comes-to-lobbying-for-dollars-on-capitol-hill-report-finds/
