Having shouldered much of the federal spending cuts since 2011, the U.S. Army is no stranger to budget cuts. Although a brief reprieve over the past couple of years has reduced some of the impact, the future is looking gloomier. During the annual AUSA conference, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno warned that “military risk is accumulating exponentially” as a result of “not fully resourcing required readiness” and “slashing our modernization and procurement programs” to decrease overall spend.