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| U.S. Army to cut 40,000 troops over next 2 years. |
| 2015-07-07 |
| [Rooters] The U.S. Army plans to cut 40,000 troops over the next two years, affecting all its domestic and foreign posts, USA Today reported on Tuesday, saying the Army also planned to cut 17,000 civilian employees. The cuts would reduce the active-duty Army from its current size of about 490,000 soldiers to about 450,000, its smallest number since before the United States entered World War Two. The troop reductions were initially announced in February 2014 when then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the Pentagon's budget for the 2015 fiscal year. The figures were also included in the Pentagon's four-year planning document, the Quadrennial Defense Review 2014. Defense officials confirmed on Tuesday the Army was moving ahead with the plan to reduce uniformed and civilian personnel and was expected to announce details on Thursday about which units would be affected by the cuts. The personnel cuts come as the Pentagon is attempting to absorb nearly $1 trillion in reductions to planned defense spending over a decade. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 OTOH RUSSIA TODAY > VIDEO: GHOSTRIDER IN THE SKY: SCIENTISTS USE LASERS TO PROJECT MOVIE INTO CLOUD. Star Tech OWG-NWO PYWAR, espec in the skies over GUAM-WESTPAC + a Madonna fan. D *** NG IT, I KNEW IT, IT WAS THE RUSSIANS WHOM DUN IT OVER FUTURE GUAM, NOT AMERIKA! Scaring the Tribals via God + "Second Coming", aka SAVING USDOD DOLLARS = NO NEED FOR COSTLY GROUND TROOPS + OTHER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-07 22:04 |
| #2 "Smallest number before ... WW2" > Why not, given ... * INDIA TODAY [old = repost] > WORLD ECONOMY MAY BE SLIPPING BACK INTO 1930'S GREAT DEPRESSION [Era/Style] PROBLEMS: RBI'S RAGHURAM RAJAN. All dats missing is for China + PLA to get strategic access to CHUUK/TRUK LAGOON in CENTPAC ala 1920's-1930's Japan + IJN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-07 19:51 |
| #1 because, of course, we're more respected by the world and all crises have been settled by our Dear Leader's Steady Handâ„¢ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-07-07 19:03 |