FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES AHEAD
Tue, 05/02/2023 - 12:00
The Army is “largely on track” with its transformation priorities, with some restructuring of the force required to be ready to fight and win future wars, Army leaders told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.
Continuing recruiting challenges make this a complicated and necessary adjustment, they said.
In their fourth and final congressional hearing focused on the Army’s current posture and the fiscal 2024 budget, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who testified alongside Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, acknowledged that recruiting is a problem with wide implications.
“We are seeing improvements in our recruiting situation over last year,” she said at the May 2 hearing, but the Army likely won’t meet its recruiting target this year. The Army missed it goal last year as well, by about 15,000 recruits.
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