US Army Proposes To Cut Troop Levels Under 1 Million For The First Time In 20 Years

via Zerohedge

What better time for the U.S. Army to considering cutting its numbers than right now, with tensions between the U.S. and both Russia and China likely at multi-decade highs? But that’s exactly what a new budget proposal suggests, according to a new report by Bloomberg.

The Army would fall under 1 million soldiers for the first time in 20 years under the new proposal, with active duty Army falling from 485,000 soldiers to 473,000. That number, combined with National Guard and Reserve forces, puts the U.S. total at 998,500 soldiers.

National Guard and Reserve numbers are expected to stay at 336,000 and 189,500 for fiscal 2023, the report says. Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, commented: “We did not want, as we looked ahead at recruiting projections, to take any decrease in our quality.”

By NC ScoutPublished On: April 6, 2022Categories: Uncategorized3 Comments

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3 Comments

wwes April 6, 2022 at 10:00

Makes sense if you view it through the lens of a globalist- get us involved in a couple of conflicts around the globe while cutting troop numbers, so that we can invite in foreign “peacekeeping” troops at a later.
- NC Scout April 6, 2022 at 10:02
  
  That and our habit of having local nationals do the dirty work for us. This way the US politburo can continue exploiting the poor for its own aims while looking politically clean at home.
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