Top General: US Needs to Rethink How Much it Cuts the Army
Top General: US Needs to Rethink How Much it Cuts the Army by Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
Cuts currently planned to the U.S. Army may pose problems as it takes a leading role in security crises emerging around the world, including the fight against the Islamic State militant group and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, said the service’s top officer.
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, said he is “starting to worry about our end strength,” a reference to the number of soldiers in the service. The Pentagon said in February that it would cut the Army to between 440,000 and 450,000 troops, its smallest size since before World War II. But “the world is changing in front of us” since those statements were made, Odierno said.
“We have to have a national security debate, because there is too much going on around the world,” he said…
