U.S. Army Smallest Since Pre-World War II Levels
How did this happen?
By TYREL SCHLOTE • May 15, 2016
A tally of the number of troops in the United States Army at the end of March revealed an astonishing statistic: It’s the smallest it has been since 1940.
During the month of March, more than 2,500 enlistees ended their service, with no one to replace them. That brought the Army’s head count to 479,172 soldiers. Army Times reported that this is “154 fewer troopers than were on active duty when the Army halted the post-Cold War drawdown in 1999 with 479,424 soldiers, the smallest force since 1940, when the active component numbered 269,023 soldiers.”
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