Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno today pushed back against language proposed by the Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee that would interfere with the Obama administration's plans to reduce the size of the ground service. The panel's fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill prescribes 552,100 as the minimum number of active-duty Army personnel to be maintained throughout FY-13. That requirement would jeopardize Army plans to achieve an end strength of 543,000 by that time, Odierno said. The Army's end...
