Compete, Deter, and Win: 

Building a more Lethal, Agile, and Capable Army

To address the current threats, the Army must restore 

warfighting readiness, modernize capabilities, and reform 

our institutional processes to innovate faster than near-peer 

adversaries with global ambitions.

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Today’s Environment

 Long-term strategic competition with 

revisionist powers

 Rogue regimes destabilize regions and 

seek WMD capability.

 Terrorists and malicious non-state 

actors cause global disruption

 Rapid technological advancements are 

changing the character of war

Where we are

Deployed and Committed: 186K

In more than 140 countries

Across 6 continents

Army SOF: 4K deployed in 80 countries

Worldwide Support to CT Operations

Globally Engaged and Responsive

Strategic Approach

 Build Readiness for major combat 

operations

 Modernize key capabilities

 Establish force posture to deter and 

provide strategic flexibility

 Deepen Joint and Allied 

Interoperability

 Reform Institutional Processes for 

greater performance.
$138 

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$205 

$177 

$162 

$151 $151 

$159 

$169 

$182 

FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19

Budget Trends

FY 2012 – FY 2019 ($B)

Request Actuals 

The FY 2019 Budget Builds upon the Readiness Improvements Started in FY 2017

Overseas Contingency Funding (OCO)

Base Actuals

Base Funding

Pending Request

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Base and OCO

Request w/ 

Amendment

* Includes OCO for Base purposes

FY14: $3.1B OCO for Base Transfer FY17: $6.0B OCO for Base Transfer

FY15: $0.85B OCO for Base Transfer FY18: $0.2B OCO for Base Transfer

FY16: $2.7B OCO for Base Transfer FY19: $5.0B OCO for Base Transfer
FY 2019 Budget Themes

The Army’s FY 2019 Budget will help to ensure the Army increases our 

overmatch capability and remains the world’s preeminent ground 

fighting force through investments in current and future readiness to 

deter adversaries and, when necessary, fight and win. 

U.S. and Polish Soldiers conduct training: Poland

 Defeat Enemies in Ongoing Conflicts

 Increase Warfighter Readiness 

 Increase Army’s Capacity

 Invest in Army Modernization Priorities

 Increase Lethality and Combined Arms Overmatch

 Improve Rapid Response Readiness

 Invest in Critical Infrastructure

 Increase Global Security through Allies and Partners

 Reform Army Processes

 Support Soldiers, Civilians and their Families

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MILPER, 

$60.6

O&M, 

$52.5

RDA, 

$32.0

MILCON, 

$2.0

Other, 

$1.2

FY 2019 Budget Request

$148.4B

(Base Funding Program)

$B FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Request

FY19 

Request

Military Personnel 55.3 58.0 60.6

Operation and Maintenance 46.8 49.5 52.5

Procurement/RDTE 26.4 28.0 32.0

Military Construction/Family Housing/BRAC 1.6 2.3 2.0

Other Base (CAMD/AWCF/ANC) 0.9 1.2 1.2

Totals 131.12 138.93 148.44

Other Base: Chemical Agent and Munitions Destruction, Army Working Capital Fund, and Arlington National Cemetery

1: Includes Environmental Restoration Account (ERA) funding

2: Includes $6.0B in OCO for Base purposes

3: Includes $0.9B Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancement, $0.6B Hurricane Supplemental and $0.2B OCO for Base purposes 

4. Includes $5.0B in OCO for Base purposes

 The Army’s topline base funding grew by 7% from the total FY18 

budget request

 The FY19 base budget funds the Army’s readiness requirements and 

the higher end strength:

 Military Personnel 4.5% ▲

 Operations & Maintenance 6.1%▲

 Procurement/RDTE (RDA) 14.3%▲

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5

Base Request

O&M Civilian Pay, 

$14.5

Numbers may not add due to rounding
Military End Strength

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 Supports a Total Army end strength of 

1,030,500 Soldiers

 Increases end strength to continue 

rebuilding warfighting readiness and 

improving capability and lethality

 Grows Active Guard Reserve (AGR) fulltime support for the Army National Guard 

and the Army Reserve

Component

FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Budgeted

FY18 

Authorized

FY19 

Request

Regular Army 476,245 476,000 483,500 487,500

Army National Guard 343,603 343,000 343,500 343,500

Army Reserve 194,318 199,000 199,500 199,500

Totals 1,014,166 1,018,000 1,026,500 1,030,500

U.S. Soldiers participating in Exercise Noble Partner: Republic of Georgia

1: Authorized in the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law No: 115-91 

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Military Personnel

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FY17 FY18 FY19 

Actuals Request Request

Regular Army 39.7 41.5 43.7

Army National Guard 8.1 8.4 8.7

Army Reserve 4.5 4.8 5.0

Medicare Eligible Ret Health Care Fund 3.0 3.3 3.2

Totals 55.3 58.0 60.6

$B Requested Rate Increases 

(Effective 1 Jan 19) FY19

Basic Pay 2.6%

Basic Allowance for 

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Basic Allowance for 

fffffffffff Subsistence 3.4%

 Compensates 1,030,500 end strength, 

including adjustments for pay, subsistence, 

housing allowances; continues to address 

retirement compensation

 Increases funding for Reserve Component 

Soldiers on active duty supporting missions

 Provides incentives to recruit and retain the 

All-Volunteer Force; includes recruiting and 

retention bonuses and education benefits

U.S. Soldiers conduct Expert Field Medical Badge training: Republic of Korea

Numbers may not add due to rounding

1: Includes $0.3B in OCO for Base purposes

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Operation and Maintenance (Regular Army)

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1: Includes $3.6B in OCO for Base purposes

2: Includes $20.1M in Hurricane Supplemental

3: Includes $5.0B in OCO for Base purposes

FY17 FY18 FY19

Actuals Request Request

Regular Army (OMA) 37.1 39.0 42.0

$B

1 2 3

M777A2 Howitzer Training

Numbers may not add due to rounding

 Trains the Force 

 Resources 20 Combat Training Center rotations - 16 Regular Army and 4 

ARNG

 Resources three additional Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs).

 Operates the Force

 Improves global posture; increased capacity (convert ABCT from IBCT)

 Focuses attention on pre-positioning and rotations in the Pacific and 

Europe

 Sustains the Force

 Prioritizes rapid global response and force projection readiness

 Improves the industrial base and ammunition management

 Installation/Enterprise Support

 Maintains commitment to Family and Soldier programs and installation support

 Improves facility sustainment; continues to invest in restoration and modernization
Operation and Maintenance (Reserve Components) 

 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard 

 Strengthens readiness through unit specific training 

 Integrates into Global Army Missions 

 Continues support to Family Programs

 Improves facility sustainment and restoration and 

modernization

 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve 

 Creates new Ready Force units at Platoon (+) readiness level

 Provides capability for early enablers to deploy in 0-90 days

 Supports 79 functional and multifunctional support 

brigades

 Funds base operations for 3 installations and 

707 Reserve centers

FY17 FY18 FY19

Actuals Request Request

Army National Guard (OMNG) 6.9 7.4 7.4

Army Reserve (OMAR) 2.7 2.9 2.9

$B

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1: Includes OCO for Base purposes for ARNG: $140M; USAR: $14M

2: Includes Hurricane Supplemental for ARNG: $55M, USAR: $12M

Ohio Army National Guard Soldiers conduct training

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U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers: Operation Cold Steel II

Numbers may not add due to rounding
$B 

FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Request

FY19 

Request

Procurement Total 17.9 18.5 21.9

RDT&E Total 8.6 9.4 10.2

Totals 26.5 27.9 32.1

Modernization Summary

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1: Includes $1.7B in OCO for Base purposes

2: Includes FY18 Amendment for Missile Defense Defeat Enhancement (MDDE) and $.2B in OCO for Base purposes

 $32.1 B 

Capability Portfolios

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 Fills critical capability gaps and improve lethality in 

munitions, and air and ground combat platforms

 Increases modernization of Abrams, Bradley, Stryker, 

and Paladin combat vehicles 

 Increases procurement of critical missiles, rockets, 

and 155-mm artillery projectiles

 Accelerates procurement of Joint Battle Command –

Platform (JBC-P)

 RDT&E increases in: Mobile Protected Firepower, 

Combat Vehicle Prototyping, Long Range Precision 

Fires, Synthetic Training Environment and Short Range 

Air Defense (M-SHORAD).

Modernization Priorities

1. Long-Range Precision Fires 

2. Next Generation Combat Vehicles 

3. Future Vertical Lift

4. Army Network

5. Air and Missile Defense

6. Soldier Lethality

Numbers may not add due to rounding

Air Missile Defense

9%

Ammunition

5%

Aviation 16%

Combat 

Service 

Support 7%

Fire Support

8%

Ground 

Maneuver

18%

Intelligence

2%

Mission 

Command

12%

Other 11%

S&T 8%

Soldier 4%

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Procurement Summary

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 $21.9 B 

Capability Portfolios

1: Includes $1.7B in OCO for Base purposes

2: Includes FY18 Amendment for Missile Defense Defeat Enhancement (MDDE) and $.2B in OCO for Base purposes

 Sustains Apache, Blackhawk and Chinook aircraft remanufacture 

and new builds

 Accelerates Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) launcher modernization and maximizes 

procurement of key munitions Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement(MSE) missiles, Guided 

MLRS rockets, and Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) 

 Accelerates modernization of Abrams, Bradley and Stryker fleets with mobility and lethality 

upgrades 

 Sustains procurement of Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) and Joint Light Tactical 

Vehicle for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)

 Increases procurement of Joint Battle Command – Platform (JBC-P), baselining the force of the 

mounted mission command

Numbers may not add due to rounding

Air Missile 

Defense 8%

Ammunition

7%

Aviation

19%

Combat 

Service 

Support 10%

Fire Support

9%

Ground 

Maneuver

21%

Intelligence

2%

Mission 

Command

13%

Other 6% Soldier 5%

$B

FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Request

FY19 

Request

Aircraft 4.9 4.2 3.8

Missiles 2.4 3.6 3.4

Weapons & Tracked Combat Vehicles (WTCV) 2.4 2.4 4.5

Ammunition 2.0 1.9 2.2

Other Procurement 6.2 6.5 8.0

Totals 17.9 18.6 21.9 1 2
Select Procurement Quantities

(Base and OCO)

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Apache

Paladin

JLTV

Abrams

Bradley

Chinook

Black Hawk

GMLRS AMPV

FY18 FY19

AH-64E Apache Remanufacture 50 48 

AH-64E Apache New Build 13 12 

UH-60M Black Hawk 48 50 

CH-47 Chinook 6 7 

Abrams Upgrade 56 135 

Bradley Upgrade/ MOD 195 210 

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) 107 197 

Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) 71 36 

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) 2,498 3,390 

Guided MLRS Rocket (GMLRS) 6,084 9,450 

MSE Missile 240 240 

ATACMS Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) 122 404 

Javelin 572 784 

155mm Artillery Projectile 16,573 148,287 

Joint Battle Command - Platform (JBC-P) 16,552 26,355 

Quantities

Program 
RDT&E Summary

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 $10.2 B 

Capability Portfolios

$B 

FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Request

FY19 

Request

 Basic Research 0.5 0.4 0.4

 Applied Research 1.2 0.9 0.9

 Advanced Technology Dev. 1.4 1.1 1.0

S&T Subtotal 3.1 2.4 2.3

 Demonstration/Validation 0.6 0.9 1.3

 Engineering Manufacturing Dev. 2.3 3.0 3.2

 Testing & Management Support 1.4 1.3 1.3

 Operational System Development 1.3 1.9 1.9

Totals 8.6 9.4 10.2

 Increases investments in Mobile Protected Firepower, Combat Vehicle Prototyping, Long Range Precision Fires, 

Synthetic Training Environment, Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD), and Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems (FTUAS)

 Continues Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs, Soldier Night Vision Devices, and Electronic Warfare 

Development to increase lethality and maintain combat arms overmatch

1: Includes $70M in OCO for Base purposes

2: Includes FY18 Amendment for Missile Defense Defeat Enhancement (MDDE)

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2

Numbers may not add due to rounding

Air Missile 

Defense 11%

Ammunition

1%

Aviation 8%

Combat 

Service 

Support 2%

Fire 

Support

5%

Ground 

Maneuver

13% Intelligence 3%

Mission Command 9%

Other 20%

S&T 26%

Soldier 3%

 Comprehensive realignment of the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio towards the Army’s priorities 

(Realigned $234M in FY19) 
Facilities 

 Supports U.S. and overseas Army Family Housing 

operation and maintenance, leases, and construction 

(6 projects, $331M)

 Supports environmental remediation actions at 

sites closed during prior BRAC rounds.

$M FY17 Actuals FY18 Request FY19 Request

Military Construction 1,005 1,724 1,257

Army Family Housing 480 529 707

Base Realignment and Closure 133 58 63

Totals 1,618 2,311 2,027

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Numbers may not add due to rounding

1: Includes $0.5B Hurricane supplemental 

 These projects recapitalize poor and failing facilities as well as building new facilities that meet 

unit demand. Provides construction of new facilities across all three components. 

 Regular Army: 19 projects, $1,012M 

 Army National Guard: 8 projects, $180M

 Army Reserve: 2 projects, $65M 

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hanger, Fort Carson
Cemeterial Expenses, Army (Arlington National Cemetery)

 Provides for operation, maintenance, infrastructure revitalization and 

construction at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, and the 

Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

 ANC is the final resting place for Service Members, Veterans, and their 

Families; as an active cemetery, hosts more than 7,000 burials annually

 Chemical Agent and Munitions Destruction (DoD Program)

 Provides for destruction of US inventory of lethal chemical agents and munitions as outlined in the Chemical 

Weapons Convention

 Chemical Agent-Destruction continues at Blue Grass and Pueblo Pilot Plants

 Continues the chemical stockpile preparedness program 

 Army Working Capital Fund

 Provides for the acquisition of secondary items for Army Prepositioned Stocks

 Sustains industrial base equipment required for mobilization

Other Base Accounts

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$M FY17 Actuals FY18 Request FY19 Request

Army National Cemetery and Construction 71 71 71

Chemical Agent and Munitions Destruction 651 962 994

Army Working Capital Fund 197 84 159

Arlington National Cemetery

Numbers may not add due to rounding
Overseas Contingency Operations

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$33.7B

 OCO Request

Appropriation ($M) FY17 

Actuals

FY18 

Request

FY19 

Request

 Military Personnel (MILPERS) 2,287 2,893 3,161

 Operation & Maintenance (O&M) 15,925 17,132 18,363 5

 Research, Development, & Acquisition (RDA) 3,610 2,692 4 5,289

 Military Construction, Army (MCA) 30 140 261

 Working Capital Fund (AWCF) 48 3 50 7

Army Subtotal 21,900 22,907 27,081

 Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund 1 1,438 1,769 1,400

 Afghan Security Forces Fund 4,263 4,938 5,199

 Iraq Train & Equip Fund 290 - -

 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund 2 88 - -

Passthrough / Transfer Accounts Subtotal 6,079 6,707 6,599

Totals 27,979 29,614 33,680

62%

9%

11%

1: The Iraq and Syria Train & Equip Funds were combined into a single Counter-ISIS Train & Equip fund in FY17

2: The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat mission has been assumed by a new DOD organization for FY17 and beyond. 

Partial FY16 and FY17 JIEDDF funding information can be found in the DOD Budget Materials.

3: Army Working Capital FY17 numbers reflect enacted appropriations 

4: Does not include $0.2B OCO for Base purposes. 

5: Does not include $5.0B OCO for Base purposes

 Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL (Afghanistan; Horn of Africa)

includes Operation Spartan Shield (CENTCOM)

 Operation INHERENT RESOLVE (Iraq)

 European Deterrence Initiative (Europe)

 Afghan Security Forces Fund

 Counter-ISIS Train & Equip Fund

Numbers may not add due to rounding

MILPERS

9%

O&M

54%

RDA

16%

Pass-Through

20%

MILCON/AWCF

1%
CONCLUSION

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The Army’s FY19 President’s Budget request:

 Defeat Enemies in Ongoing Conflicts

 Increase Warfighter Readiness 

 Increase Army’s Capacity

 Invest in Army Modernization Priorities

 Increase Lethality and Combined Arms Overmatch

 Improve Rapid Response Readiness

 Invest in Critical Infrastructure

 Increase Global Security thru Allies and Partners

 Reform Army Processes

 Support Soldiers, Civilians and their Families

Resources a More Capable Army Ready to Compete, Deter, and Win
The FY 2019 Army

Budget Request

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Warfighter Readiness is the US Army’s 

Number One Priority

https://www.asafm.army.mil/offices/bu/content.aspx?what=BudgetMaterials
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This overview provides the highlights of the Army’s Budget submitted 

to the Congress as part of the FY 2019 President’s Budget. 

All Army budget materials are available to the public on the

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) website.

https://www.asafm.army.mil/offices/bu/content.aspx?what=BudgetMaterials

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