DoD Budget Hints at More Future Force Initiatives

The U.S. Defense Department's proposed fiscal 2017 budget details the various new initiatives designed to make the military more attractive to potential recruits — from expanded maternity leave to a corporate fellows program — and hints at more efforts to come. The $583 billion spending plan — the largest of any federal agency — references the 20 personnel reforms the Pentagon has unveiled since Defense Secretary Ashton Carter first announced the so-called "Force of the Future" program in November. For more details, see this Military.com article.