Milley: Without proper funding, the service risks becoming a 'hollow Army'
By: Meghann Myers, May 25, 2017
The Army is on its way to bringing its total end strength back up to over a million soldiers, but it needs a steady budget in order to keep units manned, trained and equipped, the service's top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
Increased funding in 2016 helped to reverse a readiness decline, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee, but that progress could be lost without a real budget for fiscal year 2018.
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/milley-without-proper-funding-the-service-is-at-risk-of-becoming-a-hollow-army
