Is The U.S. Army At The 'Breaking Point'?

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Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat: Is the US Army Near a Breaking Point?

According to a senior Pentagon official, this very well may be the case in the near future given sequestration.

Joining a chorus of senior Pentagon officials and military officers, acting Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness Brad Carson warned in an interview with Stars and Stripes that the U.S. Army – the world’s deadliest conventional fighting force – will be near breaking point if automatic sequestration, set to begin in October, takes place.

The U.S. Army could be cut down from 450,000 to 420,000 active duty soldiers should sequestration – automatic spending cuts across the board in order to reduce federal expenditure – continue with the result that the army would not be able to meet its current deployments.

WNU Editor: It all comes down to what is the mission. But it is true .... at the current levels of commitment and with defence budget cuts planned for the future .... I do see the U.S. Army being stretched.