Marine Corps: 2017 Spending Bill Supports ‘Marine Corps Force 2025’ Strategy
By: Megan Eckstein
May 5, 2017 11:46 AM
Marine Corps leadership is pleased with the sum of money Congress gave the service in this week’s spending bill agreement and says the 2017 funding levels set them on a healthy path to reach their goals for 2018 and beyond.
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn Walters said Thursday night at a Marine Corps Association awards dinner that the Marines asked lawmakers for “a slug of money” in their original Fiscal Year 2017 budget request, and Congress came back and asked what else the service needed – referring to the now-common practice of submitting unfunded requirements lists to show lawmakers what each service couldn’t get to within the Pentagon’s topline.
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