The U.S. Army will cut its force by approximately 24‚000‚ nearly 5%‚ citing recruiting shortfalls that failed to fill all open posts. The cuts are part of a restructuring plan to be better prepared to fight a major war. According to an Army document obtained by the Associated Press‚ the service is “significantly overstructured” and there aren’t enough soldiers to fill existing units. Most of the cuts impact “already-empty posts” and “not actual soldiers‚” the outlet states. #BREAKING: The US Army is cutting its force by 24‚000 due to recruiting shortfalls — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 27‚ 2024 Collin Rugg writes: The United States Army is cutting the force by 5% (24‚000 spots) as recruiting continues to suffer. (Fox News) The USA: Where they will tax you 50% and your government can’t even fill the Army. Rest assured: The Army is slashing the force because they need to “restructure” and prepare for the next major war. The cuts are for empty spots‚ not actual troops because the Army can’t even fill those spots in the first place. The Army is structured to have roughly 494‚000 troops however active-duty stands just at 445‚000 right now. The goal is to increase the total over the next five years to 470‚000. JUST IN: The United States Army is cutting the force by 5% (24‚000 spots) as recruiting continues to suffer. (Fox News) The USA: Where they will tax you 50% and your government can't even fill the Army. Rest assured: The Army is slashing the force because they need to… pic.twitter.com/V8e8mFq0h1 — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 27‚ 2024 From the Associated Press: The cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts — not actual soldiers — including in jobs related to counter-insurgency that swelled during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars but are not needed as much today. About 3‚000 of the cuts would come from Army special operations forces. At the same time‚ however‚ the plan will add about 7‚500 troops in other critical missions‚ including air-defense and counter-drone units and five new task forces around the world with enhanced cyber‚ intelligence and long-range strike capabilities. BREAKING: US Army slashes 24‚000 jobs amid lack of new recruitshttps://t.co/EOEMRyJSMvhttps://t.co/EOEMRyJSMv — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) February 27‚ 2024 NewsNation added: According to the plan‚ the Army will cut about 10‚000 spaces for engineers and similar jobs that were tied to counter-insurgency missions. An additional 2‚700 cuts will come from units that don’t deploy often and can be trimmed‚ and 6‚500 will come from various training and other posts. There also will be about 10‚000 posts cut from cavalry squadrons‚ Stryker brigade combat teams‚ infantry brigade combat teams and security force assistance brigades‚ which are used to train foreign forces. The changes represent a significant shift for the Army to prepare for large-scale combat operations against more sophisticated enemies. But they also underscore the steep recruiting challenges that all of the military services are facing. In the last fiscal year‚ which ended Sept. 30‚ the Navy‚ Army and Air Force all failed to meet their recruitment goals‚ while the Marine Corps and the tiny Space Force met their targets. The Army brought in a bit more than 50‚000 recruits‚ falling well short of the publicly stated “stretch goal” of 65‚000.