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Army 'restructuring itself for war' … by cutting 24,000 amid recruiting shortfalls
World Net Daily ^ | February 29, 2024 | J.M. Phelps

Posted on 03/01/2024 9:11:25 AM PST by fwdude

Downsizing its force from 494,000 to 470,000 soldiers by fiscal year 2029, the U.S. Army claims it's preparing its fighting force for future wars. The 24,000-person reduction is being touted as serving to restructure the "largely unmanned 'hollow' force structure and build new formations equipped with new capabilities needed for large scale combat operations [as it seeks] a high state of readiness."

Ironically, with continued recruiting shortfalls in recent years, the Army is also claiming the restructuring effort will help "build back its end strength." Over the last two fiscal years, the Army missed its recruiting goals by an eye-opening 26,000 recruits – almost the same number it now claims to be intentionally cutting.

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Who in the world would want to serve in this insane army under Biden?
1 posted on 03/01/2024 9:11:25 AM PST by fwdude
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To: fwdude

Who in the world would want to serve in this insane army under Biden?—-
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Priorities

Video Pentagon official Lt. Col. Bree Fram:
“Share your pronouns in your email, particularly if you are a person that doesn’t think they need to.”
https://rumble.com/v4gkna8-transgender-lt.-col.-bree-fram-tells-everyone-to-share-their-pronouns.html


2 posted on 03/01/2024 9:14:16 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: fwdude

They’d better hurry up and build those Terminators.


3 posted on 03/01/2024 9:20:51 AM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: fwdude

“From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be ‘Zir.’ Do you maggots understand that?”


4 posted on 03/01/2024 9:30:55 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: rfp1234

We probably couldn’t field a force of 60,000 combat troops. That’s about 4 divisions. With the USMC that could go to 85,000.


5 posted on 03/01/2024 9:36:23 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: janetjanet998

Pro tip: Everytime you are tempted to use the word “they,” parse the sentence to make sure you don’t have a conflict between subject and predicate in number.


6 posted on 03/01/2024 9:40:32 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. A)
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To: fwdude
Reminding all white people to disengage from the pozzed US Military.


7 posted on 03/01/2024 9:51:13 AM PST by Vlad0
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They aren’t really downsizing, they are lowering expectations to fit reality. Why would Whites want to volunteer to join an army that operates under DEI rules?


8 posted on 03/01/2024 10:03:17 AM PST by Eva
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To: laplata

Grand nephew is in his senior year and has been speaking with USMC recruiter. Scared to death but if he is going into any military service I guess he chose the best. At first I was hoping for Coasties but things could get bad fast with all those drug cartels.


9 posted on 03/01/2024 10:08:57 AM PST by mware
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To: Eva

I wonder if this is by design. Destroy our military and then we are vulnerable.

Although they would never admit it and probably try to figure out a way to blame the same people that they have hated for years.


10 posted on 03/01/2024 10:20:08 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: janetjanet998

My pronouns are “50cal”, “1911” and “BMG”.


11 posted on 03/01/2024 10:23:21 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I’m re-securing my house against home invasions by removing the door locks and leaving windows cracked open.


12 posted on 03/01/2024 10:37:02 AM PST by BipolarBob (I identify as a Christian Nationalist. Joe Biden hates me.)
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To: Vlad0

Idi Austin.


13 posted on 03/01/2024 10:38:04 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: fwdude
Lt. Col. Bree Fram...it's a dude for Christ's sake!


14 posted on 03/01/2024 10:43:29 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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“U.S. Army claims it’s preparing its fighting force for future wars”

Future wars against whom, dare I ask?


15 posted on 03/01/2024 10:43:40 AM PST by The_Harlequin (…the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, wi)
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To: Bonemaker

Bird Col....by the way.


16 posted on 03/01/2024 10:44:34 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: laplata

I heard the cuts are to Special Forces.


17 posted on 03/01/2024 10:46:28 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker
I noticed that.

Long ago, I was stationed at Hahn AB in Germany. During alerts, I would head down to the Wing CP. Although my title was Army Liasion Officer, I was called to the Eagles Nest when an NBC warfare input was dropped. About a year into that role, we had a female Base Commander, the first at a Tactical Fighter Wing. During her first alert, she questioned why an “Army Lieutenant” was called, instead of her expert, the Base Disaster Preparedness Officer.

She was chewed out by the Wing Commander for a couple of minutes, it was hilarious.

18 posted on 03/01/2024 10:58:18 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: fwdude

Maybe they’re opening the way for Chinese illegals to fill the ranks.. there aren’t enough sexual weirdos to bring down the country without ‘help’ from illegals...

Venezuelan gang members would be welcome too.


19 posted on 03/01/2024 10:58:59 AM PST by GOPJ (Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
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To: HIDEK6
"...make sure you don’t have a conflict between subject and predicate in number."

Use of "they" like that is just wrong. Every time I read a sentence from a Wokester that uses "they" in that fashion...my mind recoils and has to stop to "translate" (no pun intended).

20 posted on 03/01/2024 11:04:26 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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