A Senate subcommittee has moved to recommend the establishment of an independent commission to study the proper size and force structure of the Army, though lawmakers were short on specifics. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, chairman of the Senate Armed Services airland subcommittee, said during a May 20 hearing that the final measure would be part of the panel's mark of the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill as soon as lawmakers agreed on unspecified "compromises." "The recommendation includes a legislative proposal...
