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Purpose

This regulation prescribes policy and assigns responsibilities for the Army planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process, as a constituent part of the Department of Defense (DOD) PPBE process. The main objectives of the annual Army PPBE process are to establish, justify, and acquire the fiscal and manpower resources needed to carry out and execute the Army's assigned missions and to provide the combatant command the best mix of Army forces, equipment, manpower, and support attainable with those resources.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.