Pentagon seeks to shift $4.3B to pay for increasing operation and personnel costs

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The Pentagon is requesting to reallocate $4.3 billion to cover rising operational and personnel costs. This involves cutting budgets from several weapons and technology programs deemed less urgent to address unforeseeable military needs.

In a 47-page omnibus reprogramming notification, the Pentagon outlines an array of weapon and tech programs it wants to strip dollars from to pay for “unforeseen military requirements” which are “determined to be necessary in the national interests.”