The US army thinks of a major decrease in the number of personnel that 90 thousand people can be expelled. This was reported by the source Military.com Referring to three officials of the Ministry of Defense, familiar with the course of the debate.
This step was taken after Defense Minister Pit Hegset instructed Pentagon to develop 8%reduction plans for the budget.
During the internal discussions, the probability of lowering the number of armed forces to 360 thousand – 420 thousand military personnel. Currently, the number of US armed forces is approximately 450 thousand people.
Potential discounts will become one of the most important decreases in the armed forces in recent years, because military planners try to transform the army from ordinary armed forces that can make the army a more flexible and specialized tool for future conflicts. At the same time, it is still unclear whether any abbreviation in the army reserve or national guards is planned.
CNN in March ReportedPentagon plans to unite some of the war units, to remove the management responsible for the development, preparation and education of the United Forces, as well as to expand the American military presence in Japan.
At the beginning of the Pentagon They said On the decrease in the number of civilian personnel.
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Source: Gazeta
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