The US military is reducing the size of its force by 24,000, or about 5 percent.
According to media reports, the restructuring is being done to better fight the next major war, with a shortage of recruits making it impossible to fill all posts in the army.
The American media says that the cuts are being made only in the positions that are already vacant, instead of the active forces, the cuts will be in the anti-terrorist forces, which are not needed today. The special operations forces will be cut by 3,000, the plan Other key missions include the addition of 7,500 troops, the manpower increase to air defense and counter-drone units.
According to US media, the plan includes the establishment of 5 new task forces around the world, the task forces will be equipped with modern, cyber, intelligence and long-range strike capabilities.
According to the American military document, the reduction will be of vacancies and not of faces, the army will not ask any officer to leave the force.
The report says that the vacancies in the American army are 4 lakh 94 thousand, while the number of active forces is 4 lakh 45 thousand. Yes, under the new plan, the number of active forces will be increased to 4 lakh 70 thousand in the next 5 years.
