Posted on 05/01/2025 6:03:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the field, according to a new memo and U.S. officials familiar with the changes.
In a memo released Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the transformation to “build a leaner, more lethal force.” Discussions about the changes have been going on for weeks, including decisions to combine a number of Army commands.
Col. Dave Butler, an Army spokesman, said the potential savings over five years would be nearly $40 billion.
U.S. officials said as many as 40 general officer slots could be cut as a result of the restructuring. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
The changes come as the Pentagon is under pressure to slash spending and personnel as part of the broader federal government cuts pushed by President Donald Trump’s administration and ally Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
In his memo, Hegseth said the Army must eliminate wasteful spending and prioritize improvements to air and missile defense, long-range fires, cyber, electronic warfare and counter-space capabilities.
Specifically, he said the Army must merge Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command into one entity and merge Forces Command, Army North and Army South into a single headquarters “focused on homeland defense and partnership with our Western Hemisphere allies.”
In addition, he called for the Army to consolidate units, including Joint Munitions Command and Sustainment Command, as well as operations at various depots and arsenals.
Officials said that while the mergers will result in fewer staff positions, there won’t be a decrease in the Army’s overall size. Instead, soldiers would be shifted to other posts.
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I suspect we may have a few too many generals and admirals also.
One can only hope. There are far too many Generals for this force size.
I read that Trump was INCREASING the DOD budget by $150B (close to 20%)...seems like our military won’t be seeing much of it. Any guess as to which military will see it?
We’ll see.
I think we could cut 40% of the flag officers across the services. Way too top heavy for the size force.
Think Starship Troopers: “What kind of an army has more “officers” than corporals? (And more non-coms than privates!) An army organized to lose wars —if history means anything.”
Bttt.
5.56mm
Wasteful spending. We should stop building new aircraft carriers. Build drones instead.
BTTT
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