A high-ranking US military commander says that the US army is “getting dangerously small”, urging greater support from the Capitol Hill.
On Tuesday, US combatant commanders told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the future plan to reduce the US Army down to 450,000 active duty soldiers would leave the military too small to meet its needs.
“We are getting dangerously small,” said General Lloyd Austin, US Commander of Central Command, when asked about the size of the US Army compared to the need for the country’s armed forces.
General Joseph Votel, commander of Special Operations Command, also said that the US Army is at “high risk” because of the decline in forces and the high demand for US military power.
The army is facing increasing demands across the spectrum of US…