Focus Areas: Fund, maintain, sustain, modernize Army

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Focus Areas: Fund, maintain, sustain, modernize Army
 

Monday, June 04, 2018

The Association of the U.S. Army’s leadership recently approved the 2018 Focus Areas.

The Focus Areas mark a milestone for AUSA Government Affairs and are already improving our outreach on Capitol Hill.

This concise list of 10 major areas (See Page 2 of AUSA News) provides a conversation-starter as we visit members of Congress and their staffs.

https://www.ausa.org/articles/focus-areas-fund-maintain-sustain-modernize-army

[Night Hides Not]

Not one of their ten "focus areas" included planning for the next war. Our defense budget has turned into a jobs program for numerous civilian companies. I'm incredulous why they the DoD can't live on $600+ billion a year.

One example in "planning for the next war" is to decrease reliance on fighter aircraft that end up costing hundreds hundreds of millions per unit. For what they're paying for the next generation of aircraft, you could fill the skies with thousands of drones.