Plans for the US Army to shrink to 440-450,000 soldiers which would be the smaller than 1999 at 479,000 and smallest since 1940
The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and reduce military benefits in order to meet 2015 spending caps. The military has been ordered to be prepared to decisively win one conflict while holding off an adversary’s aspirations in a second until …