by Eric Lendrum
The United States Army is reducing its size by about 5%, cutting roughly 24,000 jobs, as part of a restructuring plan that is ostensibly meant to better prepare for a possible war in the future.
As ABC News reports, the cuts will mostly affect posts that are already empty, such as counterinsurgency jobs that were previously needed in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan but no longer needed today, as well as about 3,000 jobs in the Army special operations forces.
On Tuesday, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth detailed the plan for reporters, saying that “we’re moving away from counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. We want to be postured for large-scale combat operations.”
“So we looked at where there were pieces of force structure that were probably more associated with counterinsurgency, for example, that we don’t need anymore,” she added.
Army Chief General Randy George also noted that “the things that we want to not have in our formation are actually things that we don’t think are going to make us successful on the battlefield going forward.”
An internal document on the matter claims that the Army is “significantly over-structured,” with not enough soldiers to fill every post in certain units; thus, the cuts in question will affect “spaces” rather than “faces,” in the hopes that it will not lead to the discharging of too many soldiers.
Nevertheless, the announcement comes as the Army and most other branches of the armed forces face major recruitment crises, falling below annual expectations for the last several years. As of September 30th of 2023, which marked the end of the fiscal year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all fell below recruitment expectations, with the Marine Corps and the Space Force ultimately meeting their goals. The Army, which aimed to recruit 65,000 new soldiers, ended up bringing in just over 50,000.
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Eric Lendrum reports for American Greatness.
need to cut the leadership of the military…..not the special forces…..
When you look at the “Psychological” differences between Liberals/Democrats and Conservative/Republicans,
You’ll find that Conservatives/Republican are much more likely to fight for what they believe than Liberal/Democrats.
Even ol Demented Joe recognized that in warning against the “MAGA People”.
A liberal mind is easier to deceive by propaganda, blinded to the “Truth” as God said.
But which one of these do you want on the Battlefield fighting for America??
One who will die before surrendering or one looking for a compromise by surrendering some “RIGHTS/FREEDOMS” for peace??????
A great Military begin with teaching the population the day they are born, history prevents the mistakes of the past, a doctrine liberal/Democrats deny, and today little minds are being taught things that will cause they to spend eternity in hell.
America’s greatest “Defense weapon”…….”GOD”……has been sidelined by ignoring his “BOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS” (BIBLE) and today the country is faced with a growing population who doesn’t recognize the Truth and without the Morals/Integrity to fight even for the souls of their children.
Just look at the country today, being invaded by known enemies and the population just looks at the buses as they go by being hauled all over the country, being housed/feed/financial support,
And that unwillingness to stop this invasion is a “SIGN” to the “WORLD” that America is not willing to fight for it’s SOVEREIGNTY.
I expect “BIBLE BURNING PARTIES” to be the next “fad”.