The Army’s end strength continues to decrease under its most recent budget request.
The service unveiled its part of President Joe Biden’s overall defense budget request to Congress today.
The Army is asking to fund an Army with 452,000 active duty soldiers, 325,000 soldiers in the Army National Guard, and 174,000 soldiers in the Army Reserve.
That’s a drop of 21,000 soldiers from the active rosters as compared to last year’s initial request for 473,000 active troops.