U.S. Military Down Sizing Accelerated - Obama wants to do more with less
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:05 pm
Obama is accelerating his 2013 announced "additional cuts" to the U.S. Army's units containing combat troops.
Additional cuts he had promised would occur over 4 years. Will be accomplihed in just two years, being complete on September 30th, of this year ( 2015 )
In 2015 the U.S. Army will remove six ( 6 ) more Brigade Combat Teams from the U.S. Army.
In 2014 the U.S. Army removed an addition five ( 5 ) Brigades.
Twenty more ( 20 more ) Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) will be re-organized in 2015.
In 2014 the U.S. Army had 35% more Brigade Combat Teams than it will on September 30th, 2015.
Leaving just thirty-one ( 31 ) Brigade Combat Teams in the entire U.S. Army. In 2014 there were 42 Brigade Combat Teams.
All 31 remaining Brigade Combat Teams will have been reorganized in a period of two (2) years ending September 30, 2015.
At the same time the U.S. Combat troops are deployed to an increasing number of countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kuwait, and various countries in Africa.
The military has announced Romania and Bulgaria will be added to that list later this year ( 2015 ).
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military ... /22936227/
Additional cuts he had promised would occur over 4 years. Will be accomplihed in just two years, being complete on September 30th, of this year ( 2015 )
In 2015 the U.S. Army will remove six ( 6 ) more Brigade Combat Teams from the U.S. Army.
In 2014 the U.S. Army removed an addition five ( 5 ) Brigades.
Twenty more ( 20 more ) Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) will be re-organized in 2015.
In 2014 the U.S. Army had 35% more Brigade Combat Teams than it will on September 30th, 2015.
Leaving just thirty-one ( 31 ) Brigade Combat Teams in the entire U.S. Army. In 2014 there were 42 Brigade Combat Teams.
All 31 remaining Brigade Combat Teams will have been reorganized in a period of two (2) years ending September 30, 2015.
At the same time the U.S. Combat troops are deployed to an increasing number of countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kuwait, and various countries in Africa.
The military has announced Romania and Bulgaria will be added to that list later this year ( 2015 ).
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military ... /22936227/