Readiness is nearly restored, top military officials say[/li]
By Scott Maucione @smaucioneWFED
January 16, 2019 5:39 pm
After years of telling Congress that readiness was slipping to dangerous levels, both the Army and Navy say their forces are almost back to an acceptable posture to address global threats.
The Army’s top officer and the Navy’s second highest ranking sailor said this week that force structures are beginning to hit acceptable levels and maintenance backlogs are starting to decline.
“The Army has made tremendous progress in the last several years,†Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday in Arlington, Virginia, during an Association of the United States Army event. “We’ve recovered from depleted levels of readiness brought about by extended periods of sustained conflict in the current wars, and also by reduced defense spending over a period of many, many years.â€
Milley warned that the Army is not completely “out of the hole,†but is working its way toward its goal.
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