Some tools for the budget fight attached here.

Best advice I EVER got as a BN S4, – “Jeff, it’s not your money. Yes, be a responsible steward, but it’s not YOUR money. Forecast, project, advise, but let the commanders make the decisions. Don’t protect the money like it comes from your personal paycheck… don’t worry about ‘fiscal constraint’ we’re the G-D-US Army, if we run out of bullets, we’ll buy more bullets…”