WarMonitor on Nostr: Following the recent directive by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for the ...
Following the recent directive by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for the Pentagon to move towards reducing the annual defense budget by roughly 8% before 2026, Army planners are considering a reduction in up to 90,000 active-duty troops, reducing the current force from around 450,000 soldiers to between 360,000 and 420,000. With this reduction part of a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe and the Middle East, towards the Indo-Pacific.
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