Budget reductions could render the Army at 'high risk to meet even one major war,' according to the Army's Quadrennial Defense Review. Pictured: Soldiers from 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team march in formation after completing training at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2010. (Spc. Karen Kozub / Army)
Army Claims Budget Cuts Put It At 'High Risk' -- Military Times/USA Today
WASHINGTON — Budget reductions could render the Army at “high risk to meet even one major war,” according to documents obtained by USA Today, a warning the Army is sounding because it sees another war as inevitable before long.
The dire assessment by top Army officials to Pentagon leaders provides a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes struggle for the future of the military in a time of declining budgets.
The Army provided its assessment as each of the services is conducting its four-year scrub of its strategy and the resources needed to meet it, a process called the Quadrennial Defense Review.
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