As a field grade officer in Army ILE, we often have conversations about what the future budgets of DoD, and particularly the Army, will look like. With ongoing operations throughout the world, but a huge deficit at home, what should DoD's share of the cut be (if any)? Is it worthwhile to continue expensive development programs such as GCV and JLTV? Would now be the time to take an operational pause in these programs until we have a clearer requirement?