Army may restructure brigade combat teams amid recruiting woes

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Army may restructure brigade combat teams amid recruiting woes
By Davis Winkie
Jul 29, 10:14 AM
Soldiers with 1st Cavalry Division maneuver in training at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. (Staff Sgt. Chris Hammond/Army)

As the Army rolls toward a major end strength shortfall driven by a recruiting crisis, the service has been quietly studying where it can afford to cut personnel to ensure its combat formations stay manned even as numbers plunge, its top general told reporters Thursday.

Gen. James McConville, the Army’s chief of staff, likened the personnel reviews to the “night-court” process the service developed in which senior officials combed through the budget and killed more than $35 billion in low-priority programs between 2017 and 2021 to find money for its big-ticket modernization projects.

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