FY27 budget request negates need for INDOPACOM spending wishlist: Commander
WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon plans to spend just shy of $12 billion in fiscal 2027 for its Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI), the top admiral overseeing operations there says the budget request zeroes out his need for a funding wishlist. When a lawmaker asked Commander of Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo if he has everything…