Ash Carter at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. (Photo: Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/DoD)
Washington Times: Ash Carter says U.S. military too ‘top heavy,’ aims to cut ranks of generals and admirals
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday he plans to reduce the number of generals and admirals to counter a “top-heavy” command structure.
Shrinking the top brass is one of a number of ideas for updating the sprawling Defense Department command structure as contained in the 30-year-old Goldwater-Nichols Act. Mr. Carter said there are too many four-star billets.
“In the coming weeks the Defense Department will look to simplify and improve command and control where the number of four-star positions have made headquarters either top-heavy or less efficient than they could be,” he said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington.
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No kidding the US military is top-heavy and should be reduced; however it is a net loss if cut senior officers are replaced in the bureaucracy by more civil service SES and GS-15s.
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