{"id":60810,"date":"2015-07-11T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60810"},"modified":"2015-07-11T09:06:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T13:06:32","slug":"how-the-army-will-cut-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60810","title":{"rendered":"How the Army will cut troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> got a look at the PowerPoint slides which details how the Army will slash troop strength over the next few years to get to the 450,000 number which has been mandated by the White House which wants to balance the budget on the back of our national security. The Post points out that number will bring troop strength to the lowest point since before the Second World War;<\/p>\n

The most significant cuts will occur at Fort Benning, Ga., and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard, Alaska, where the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, respectively, will be targeted. Each brigade combat team has about 4,000 soldiers, and will be reduced to a battalion of about 1,050, Army officials said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii will become a leg infantry unit, waving goodbye to their Stryker armored vehicles. Considering that the Pentagon’s focus is shifting to the pacific, that makes little sense. I think I’d rather face the Chinese hordes from inside an armored vehicle than from the bottom of a foxhole. Ask a Korean War veteran. The vehicles are being transferred to the National Guard\u2019s 81st Armor Brigade Combat Team back on the mainland.<\/p>\n

Fort Hood in Texas won\u2019t have any brigade combat teams eliminated, but nonetheless will drop from about 37,475 soldiers now to about 34,125.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Significant cuts are also planned at Fort Bliss in Texas (dropping 1,219 soldiers to 25,146), Fort Bragg in North Carolina (cutting 842 soldiers to 38,830) Schofield Barracks (shedding 1,214 soldiers to 14,473) and Fort Stewart in Georgia (down 947 soldiers to 18,457)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Pentagon is also planning on reducing the number of DoD civilians by 17,000, as well. The talk I’ve heard indicates that the 450k number won’t be the end of it. Folks at the Pentagon have been told to expect another loss of 30,000 troops. It isn’t just the White House to blame – Congress isn’t stepping up and doing their job to “provide for the common defense” like the Constitution tells them they should.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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