[2ndDivisionVet]

All part of the master plan.

[Truth29]

Somewhere the Grand Duchy of Fenwick is preparing its assault on a supine USA.

[napscoordinator]

Same ole same ole. When I joined the Navy in 1987, we had around 606,000. When I left, we had 325,000 (give or take). Throughout the entire time, they would bring a bunch in and then say, “Whoops...too many...need to cut”...then they would say, “Whoops...cut too many....need to strengthen the numbers...”. People who do personnel numbers must be the dumbest people on Earth.

[Regulator]

From Global Firepower:

China
Rank: 3

MANPOWER
Going beyond military equipment totals and perceived fighting strength is the actual manpower that drives a given military. Wars of attrition favor those with more.

Total Population: 1,349,585,838
Available Manpower: 749,610,775
Fit for Service: 618,588,627
Reaching Military Age Annually: 19,538,534]
Active Frontline Personnel: 2,285,000
Active Reserve Personnel: 2,300,000

Let’s see now....450,000 up against 2.3 MILLION.

Only outnumbered 5 to 1. With force multipliers on our side, should be no problem.

Least that’s what the powerpoint presentation sez...

[DesertRhino]

“Many of them now are officers in the Army with multiple combat deployments under their belts.”

Translation, “a threat to the ambitious careerists and perfumed princes”

[RWB Patriot]

Why do I get the feeling that certain races, genders, sexual orientations and religions will be exempt from this.

[Buckeye McFrog]

1 fewer officer = food stamps for 3 Obama voters

[Mike Darancette]

Hands off senior NCOs.

[ScottinVA]

It’s a blessing in disguise... really.. If you’re a conservative, you don’t want any part of Obama’s military.

[for-q-clinton]

Well duh...anytime you downsize you need to push people out. The issue isn’t people being pushed out...it’s what is the proper size of our military and how can we push out some of the civilians that sit around and collect a check.

[puppypusher]

There is really No loss. these Officers will be subject to involuntary recall should Obama’s Crap really hit the fan.

Of course by then these guys and gals will have moved on with their lives so they ‘ll only be screwed again.

[Gay State Conservative]

Vlad Putin's “tanks” are rolling west.The Chinese military increases in size (one one would expect in capability as well) by 10% a year.Iran is within months of developing a nuke.North Korea spends 95% of its GDP on nukes.And Osama a Obama thinks we're too strong,too powerful.He thinks that money once sent to the DoD can now be better spent on helping NASA fight “global warming”,on “women's health clinics” and on “outreach” to “transgendered” 10 year olds.

[grobdriver]

Is stupid.
Trained, combat experienced officers being forced out.
Beyond stupid.

[Captain Rhino]

Here is a 2014 Congressional Research Service paper on the proposed reductions:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42493.pdf

Interesting reading.

If you equate 3 BCTs to a division, the proposal is to go from 14 2/3 active duty division equivalents (44 BCT) down to 8 active duty division equivalents (24 BCT). Army leadership says it can't do the job with any less than 9 1/3 active duty division equivalents (28 BCT).

The report also notes that the Army wants to add a battalion to each one of the 24 reserve BCTs. 24 battalions is equivalent to the infantry strength of 2 2/3 divisions.

[Vermont Lt]

We want the government to cut spending.

They cut spending.

People bitch because they don’t want spending cut.

Happens all of the time.