Stage Set For End-Strength Conflict Over Active Army And National Guard

By Tony Bertuca / March 3, 2014 at 3:39 PM
The Army and National Guard continued to prepare for confrontation last week after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced cuts to the service's end strength and committed the Army to a controversial aviation restructure. Several Capitol Hill officials said that a messy political battle would be hard to avoid at this point and expected the approval of a proposal for a national commission to referee the issue. "Oh boy, are they going to fight," said a congressional source briefed on the...

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