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U.S. Army in 2015-2016 - decline in numbers to 450,000 below that required to meet the needs for U.S. armed forces around the world

08/14/2015

Gen. Odierno, U.S. Army chief, points out the need for restoring numbers and modernization to the U.S. Armed Forces, after the sequestration and other lean budget moves reduce the army's capabilities. He says it is better to think of meeting the needs around the world based on what the world is as opposed to what we would wish it to be- as shown by events in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. In other periods of pullbacks the army had difficulties meeting threats such as the ones he cites in Tunisia in 1943 and in the early part of the Korean War.

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This Is No Time to Cut The U.S. Army

Wall Street Journal 08.14.2015


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