The US Army has become the smallest since 1940: who will be cut in 2024

According to the US Army Minister Kristin Warmut, next year it is planned to reduce the melee forces, which were sharpened for fighting with terrorists. In 2024, the US Army was waiting for structural changes through the use of many dominant operations. The army is now the smallest since 1940. About it reports Defense News. The US Army deficits personnel. The Armed Forces have completed the 2023 Financial Year with 452,000 fighters in the real service - the smallest number since 1940.

The Minister of Army Kristin Warmut reported that the Close-Combat Forces was planned to be reduced, which was created for fighting against terrorists in addition to other forces, based on their appointment and other factors, such as the level of deployment. The media also wrote that it is planned to reduce the forces of special operations by 3000 fighters. The decision required the mediation of the Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin.

There is a little bit reduced, but the US SCO has briefed for Congress on this issue. One of the anonymity politicians stated that much of the abbreviations would relate to "hard -to -fill empty places. " "Reductions are designed to ensure that the army does not become" empty "(Hollow", "says Vormut, using a term that appeared after Vietnam, when some units existed on paper and not in real life.