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03:59 GMT 06.05.2025 (Updated: 04:13 GMT 06.05.2025)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for a 20% reduction in general officers in the Army and Air National Guard.
«More generals and admirals does not equal more success,» Hegseth said.
He compared today’s US Army to the one that participated in WWII, saying that the US defeated Nazi Germany with a ratio of 1 general to 6000 troops. Today it is 1 general to 1400 soldiers.
Hegseth said the new moves would be «the most comprehensive review» since the Goldwater-Nichols defense reorganization act of 1986.
