Force Structure Reductions
Channel: The U.S. Army
Date: 25/06/2013

U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno, announced force structure and stationing decisions associated with the active component end-strength reduction of 80,000 Soldiers, resulting in an Army end-strength of 490,000 by 2017. These reductions are consistent with fiscal constraints resulting from the Budget Control Act of 2011 and defense planning guidance issued in 2012, but do not reflect  additional reductions that will be required if sequestration-driven funding reductions remain unmitigated. 

For more information regarding the Army's Reduction and Reorganization Plan,visit http://www.army.mil/article/106373/.
To read Odierno's full remarks, visit http://www.army.mil/article/106355/.