House Panel Accepts Modest Army Troop Cuts
Tue, 07/13/2021 - 17:27
A key House committee has endorsed without change the Army’s request for modest troop cuts in the Regular Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Defensewide, the House Appropriations Committee approved a reduction of 1,975 active-duty troops that includes a 900 reduction for the Army. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are taking bigger cuts than the Army in active forces.
The panel also makes a 2,500-person reduction in the reserve component, which includes a 300-soldier decrease in the Army Reserve and a 500-soldier cut in the Army National Guard.
The committee passed the appropriation July 13 with a vote of 33-23.
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