The Marine Corps fully funds the integrated combined arms exercises for all elements of its Marine Air Ground Task Forces.The Navy’s funding continues implementation of its Optimum Fleet Response Plan, which began phased implementation in FY 2015 and balances the preservation of critical maintenance and training while maximizing employability of Navy forces.The Army is optimizing combat training center throughput capacity, which will provide brigade combat teams with increased opportunities for full-spectrum training.The PB 2017 request makes critical investments throughout the force to rebuild toward full-spectrum combat readiness. PB 2017 funding levels will allow the joint force to respond to steady state demand requirements, fulfill strategic obligations, and support the services’ readiness recovery plans. The PB 2017 reflects a defense program that effectively balances the need to meet today’s persistent operational demand and to build our readiness and capabilities for full-spectrum warfare. PB 2017 Commits to our Force and our Families. It reflects our assessment of what kind of force we need today and tomorrow to best serve and protect our country, our friends and allies, and our national interests in today’s global security environment. The PB 2017 request of $582.7 billion in FY 2017 complies with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. President’s Budget 2017 (PB 2017): Strategic Turning Point for the Department of Defense Summary of the DoD Fiscal Year 2017 President’s Budget (PB 2017)Proposal The entire FY 2017 budget proposal and the department’s FY 2017 Budget Request Overview Book are available at. Prior speeches and a budget fact sheet are available at. Highlights of the proposed DoD budget are outlined below and in the attached charts. The FY 2017 budget request strikes a prudent balance among the modernization of the joint force, its size, and its readiness, and continues to keep faith with service members and their families. “Even as we fight today’s fights, we must also be prepared for the fights that might come in 10, 20, or 30 years.” “This budget marks a major inflection point for the Department of Defense,” Secretary of Defense Carter stated. As we confront rising international challenges, we are seizing opportunities, developing new operational concepts, pioneering and dominating technology frontiers, reforming the defense enterprise, and building the force of the future. These challenges have sharpened the focus of our planning and budgeting.Īddressing these challenges as part of DoD’s mission to defend the nation requires new and innovative thinking, new operational posture in strategic regions, and new and enhanced capabilities. Threats and actions originating in Iran and North Korea negatively affect our interests and our allies. Russian aggression, terrorism by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and others, and China’s island building and claims of sovereignty in international waters all necessitate changes in our strategic outlook and in our operational commitments. The FY 2017 budget reflects recent strategic threats and changes that have taken place in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The combined request represents a total increase of $2.4 billion, or less than one percent over FY 2016 enacted levels. As specified in the budget agreement, DoD’s FY 2017 overseas contingency operations budget is $58.8 billion, nearly the same as the FY 2016 enacted level of $58.6 billion. The base budget of $523.9 billion includes an increase of $2.2 billion over the FY 2016 enacted budget of $521.7 billion. Within the confines of this negotiated amount, the budget request reflects the priorities necessary for our force today and in the future to best serve and protect our nation in a rapidly changing security environment. The FY 2017 budget of $582.7 billion complies with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, giving the department both funding stability and protection from the damage of sequestration in FY 2016 and FY 2017. Today President Barack Obama sent Congress a proposed budget request of $582.7 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund the Department of Defense in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017).
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