Excerpt from Department of Defense Appropriations for 1997: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session The Army's fiscal year 1997 budget request is billion for modernization and long-term research and development. The Army's fiscal year 1997 budget request is billion, or 13 percent less, than the fiscal year 1996 amount. The reduction in the Army modernization account has been made in order to maintain near term readiness. The declining acquisition budget has forced the Army to defer or terminate many modernization programs, such as the Comanche and Armored Gun System. Additionally, rather than procure new systems, the Army funds less expensive upgrade pro grams, such as the Abrams tank. Based ou the fiscal year 1997 President's budget, for the immediate future, our soldiers will be flying 40 yearold cargo helicopters, driving 30 year old trucks, and using war reserve ammunition for training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.