G-3: Leaders have a plan for 1.2 million-soldier Total Army

By Courtney McBride / February 14, 2017 at 10:05 AM
The Army has developed plans to increase total end strength to 1.2 million, thereby lowering the risk to the force from its current "high" to a "moderate" level. Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, the Army's deputy chief of staff (G-3/5/7), told Inside the Army on Feb. 8 that the figure is one cited last year by Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, which is "based on the Defense Planning Guidance." Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee in April 2016...

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