Is the Army going to Drawdown its total force with us pulling out of Afghanistan and Iraq?

2021-08-10T19:58:27-04:00

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2021 12:06 PM

2021-08-11T12:06:15-04:00

I think they are going to be reallocating assets to other threats (i.e. going back to cold war style posturing).

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2021 1:13 PM

2021-08-11T13:13:01-04:00

The future budget is being reduced and we can expect future budgets to continue to decrease. But there is no immediate large scale reduction in the size of the military that has been dictated in the National Defense Authorization Act. The last time we had a major troop reduction it was because we pulled out of Iraq, and we had just had a huge growth in military to support the Iraq Surge. During that time we added another Brigade to every Division in the Army. Then at the end we disbanded those brigades. But we had a massive presence in Iraq, about 180,000 US military over there, mostly Army. Today we are rotating one or two brigades at a time through Iraq and Afghanistan, before we left Afghanistan anyway. We have more Soldiers deployed throughout the rest of the world on rotations

Response by SPC David Batterson made Aug 11 at 2021 7:54 PM

2021-08-11T19:54:00-04:00

I don't think so. Here in San Diego. it's full speed ahead with the Navy and Marines, and their massive operations here. We keep getting more ships for the Pacific Fleet, and the Navy has a shiny new headquarters downtown. Besides the huge Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, the Marines have their MCAS Miramar unit. We don't have Army here, but this gives an idea of our increasing Defense efforts. We still have enemies to deal with out there. We must never let our guard down.

Response by SPC Matt Crawford made Aug 12 at 2021 6:24 AM

2021-08-12T06:24:24-04:00

They did after the First Gulf War,its Kindof how I wound up being a Registered Nurse, they made it difficult to re-enlist,esp. in the Infantry,would not let me go from 11-C-10 to 11-B, always have a Back up plan.

Response by SPC Matt Crawford made Aug 31 at 2021 9:36 PM

2021-08-31T21:36:26-04:00

They did after the First Gulf War