Chief still concerned about the demands on soldiers
Kyle Rempfer
The Army’s top uniformed officer said Thursday that he doesn’t intend to trim the size of the service, and expressed concern that the current force might have to rapidly expand in the case of an unforeseen event.
But the Army is also balancing a once-in-a-generation modernization push that limits how much money would be available to add soldiers to its payroll.
Right now, the Army has about 1 million soldiers in all three components, with the number of active-duty soldiers at about 485,000. That’s about what it was 20 years ago when the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville noted during a Defense Writers Group event Thursday.
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