Army mulls pulling back on missions to reduce demand on force
By: Jen Judson   3 days ago
WASHINGTON — The Army is mulling which missions it can drop on in order to reduce the demand on the force, service leaders say.
The service is engaged in several efforts to try to meet the deployment cycle ratio of one-year-deployed, two-years-at-home, set by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
A steady increase in Army end-strength that’s expected in the coming years could help. The Army requested 4,000 additional active-duty troops in FY19 and it plans to request the same in FY20 and FY21 to reach an end-strength of 495,500 active soldiers. The Army’s current active force size is set to 483,500.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018/02/15/army-mulls-pulling-back-on-missions-to-reduce-demand-on-force/
