Budget

Under current rules, money not spent by government agencies before the end of the fiscal year goes back to the Treasury.

The Army plans to spend most of its fiscal 2019 modernization dollars on legacy systems.

A dedicated "war tax" would draw attention to military spending and force Americans to confront defense costs.

The potential physical threat to the country is not increased due to a government shutdown, regardless of the cause.

President Trump released his budget request for fiscal 2019, marking the first step in a months-long process.

The budget request for Fiscal 2019 contains $18 million in funding to buy the very first 8 OTH missiles for the LCS.

The increase would be the largest in almost a decade.

The service asked for about $11.7 billion in funding for 2019, an increase of $979 million over its previous request.

The plan would reach established goals for each ship class in that timeframe except for carriers.

The next military budget will stress lethality over the size of the force.