GEN Milley has stated that he can execute assigned missions with 980K. He has indicated “we are not small”. What we will need is additional funding in order to execute additional missions. In defense of the Administration and the planners, strategies are based on the environment at the time they are developed, and yes they are idealistic. We are seeing major changes in the global threat environment. The Army has seen an increase in missions in Europe and the President just announced that he will delay drawing down troop strength in Afghanistan. These types of decisions will need to be funded, some with the base budget and some with OCO. Army headquarters have grown by 60% since 2001 according to GAO. Headquarters Commanders will need to make
