U. S. Military Forces in FY 2017

Mark F. Cancian

doi:10.5771/9781442259584

Summary

This timely study examines the Defense Department’s FY 2017 budget proposal for the size and shape of military forces; what that proposal means for cost, strategy, and risk; and challenges the proposal faces in implementation. The study covers all four military services plus government civilians, contractors, and department-wide initiatives.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-5957-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-5958-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 55
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Executive Summary No access
1. Stable Plans No access
2. Disruptive Threats No access
3. Strategic Inflection Points No access
1. The Size of the Army No access
2. Modernization No access
1. The Size of the Navy No access
2. Navy Weapons No access
3. Naval Operations No access
1. Stable Force Structure . . . for Now No access
1. The A-10 Nonissue No access
2. Piloted v. Unpiloted (or “Manned v Unmanned”) No access
3. Operational Tempo No access
4. Aircraft Modernization No access
5. Munitions No access
6. Nuclear Enterprise No access
7. And Finally Some Nostalgia No access
1. Size of the Force No access
2. Stress on the Force No access
3. Risks in OCO Funding No access
1. Pay Raise and Hiring No access
2. Discipline and Accountability No access
3. Politics and Elections No access
4. Hiring and Retention Initiatives No access
5. Bureaucratic Annoyances No access
1. Acquisition and Service Contractors No access
2. Operational Contractors No access
1. Readiness and Full-Spectrum Warfighting No access
2. Missile Defense No access
3. “Goldwater-Nichols 2.0” No access
4. Reduction in Management Headquarters No access
5. Facilities and Infrastructure No access
6. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) No access
7. DOD/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Split No access
About the Author No access Pages 55 - 55