“I would much rather, frankly, see us be leaner and meaner,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told the Aspen Security Forum last week, “than keep force structure that I can’t fully man. The war in Ukraine has the service eyeing ways to reorganize some of its combat teams into smaller, more lethal units that make smarter use of advances in drones and other uncrewed systems while investing more in missile defenses. But today, the Army has, if anything, too many special warfare units. A force that tilted heavily toward armor, artillery, infantry and aviation at the end of the Vietnam War has in the half-century since become lighter, quicker and oriented more toward Special Operations forces. But its sheer size - nearly a half-million active-duty troops and an even larger number of National Guard and reserve soldiers - makes the service ripe for restructuring. Note Scharp’s crossing the line tattoo (80-G-K-3038). Signalman Third Class Teddy Chalupski is writing the message while Seaman Third Class Floyd H. Though the recruiting shortfalls will also leave the Navy and Air Force short of their goals this year, they have hit hardest at the Army, the nation’s largest force. Updated on 4 minute read USS Alaska (CB-1) signalmen taking a visual message on the signal bridge, circa February 1945.
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