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by Spike Bowan
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US Army plans to cut 40,000 troops over next two years
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*EDITORIAL NOTE* That’s a great idea. ISIS grows in numbers every damn minute, and we’re cutting spending by getting rid of troops. Yeah, that’s gonna go great! Good Luck with that DOD and Capitol Hill.
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The U.S. Army is planning to cut more than 40,000 troops over the next two years, a senior U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Tuesday.
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General Martin Dempsey announced at a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Tuesday that dwindling resources was a major factor in the decision to cut the number of active troops from 490,000 to 450,000.
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In addition to the troop cuts, 17,000 Army civilian employees will be laid off in a plan that is to be formally announced on Thursday.
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The announcement comes just one day after President Obama said there were “no current plans” to send more troops to Iraq to fight Islamic State, although he did not rule out the possibility in the future.
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In 2014, former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel first announced a plan to cut the Army to pre-9/11 levels and pre WWII levels in a 2015 budget proposal.
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My Thoughts: If the whole reason is to cut manpower over all, then what about this; we’ve spent millions of dollars to train and prepare these Army personnel to be some of the highest capable military force America has seen up to date, so why doesn’t the Army just keep these people who are all trained up and reduce the number of people who enlist in the Army to achieve the reduction numbers that they are being required to accomplish.
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by Spike Bowan
.
US Army plans to cut 40,000 troops over next two years
.
*EDITORIAL NOTE* That’s a great idea. ISIS grows in numbers every damn minute, and we’re cutting spending by getting rid of troops. Yeah, that’s gonna go great! Good Luck with that DOD and Capitol Hill.
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The U.S. Army is planning to cut more than 40,000 troops over the next two years, a senior U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Tuesday.
.
General Martin Dempsey announced at a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Tuesday that dwindling resources was a major factor in the decision to cut the number of active troops from 490,000 to 450,000.
.
In addition to the troop cuts, 17,000 Army civilian employees will be laid off in a plan that is to be formally announced on Thursday.
.
The announcement comes just one day after President Obama said there were “no current plans” to send more troops to Iraq to fight Islamic State, although he did not rule out the possibility in the future.
.
In 2014, former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel first announced a plan to cut the Army to pre-9/11 levels and pre WWII levels in a 2015 budget proposal.
.
(READ MORE) Link Removed
.
My Thoughts: If the whole reason is to cut manpower over all, then what about this; we’ve spent millions of dollars to train and prepare these Army personnel to be some of the highest capable military force America has seen up to date, so why doesn’t the Army just keep these people who are all trained up and reduce the number of people who enlist in the Army to achieve the reduction numbers that they are being required to accomplish.