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By fiscal year 2029, the U.S. Army plans to cut its force<\/a> by 24,000 soldiers as part of a restructuring effort it purports will help prepare itself for future wars. The goal is to purge itself of a \u201clargely unmanned \u2018hollow\u2019 force structure and build new formations equipped with new capabilities needed for large scale combat operations.\u201d The result, it maintains, is \u201ca high state of readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n With the Army failing to meet its recruiting goals by\u00a026,000 recruits<\/a>\u00a0in the previous two fiscal years, it also hopes to address its shortfalls and \u201cbuild back its end strength.\u201d<\/p>\n The Gateway Pundit spoke to Lt. Col. Darin Gaub (USA-Ret.), a former UH-60 Blackhawk pilot and co-founder of the nonprofit Restore Liberty<\/a>. \u201cThere needs to be an honest conversation about how [the Army] is going to reduce by 24,000 while also falling short of its recruiting goals,\u201d he suggested. \u201cThe issue then becomes, what kind of people is the Army short versus what kind of people are excess by specialty?\u201d<\/p>\n Either way, he questions whether the restructuring will \u201ctruly focus on fighting and winning our nation\u2019s wars or something else.\u201d For example, is the Army maintaining positions to support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training? In his opinion, \u201cThese are the kinds of positions that need to be dropped and turned into warfighting positions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCritical functions [of the Army] could suffer by cutting a number like 24,000,\u201d Gaub argued, lamenting that \u201c[the number] is equivalent to four Army Brigade Combat Teams, or most of a Division [and] that\u2019s a lot of combat power lost.\u201d<\/p>\n With this in mind, Gaub said, \u201cThe Army must not cut key positions to its strength, while at the same time, push people into positions to pursue a woke agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n According to an independent survey<\/a> conducted by the author, 208 of 229 service members agreed that DEI training has taken away from training for combat readiness.<\/p>\n Cutting Aircraft<\/strong><\/p>\n In December 2023, DefenseNews.com reported<\/a> that the Army is also set to \u201ctrim\u201d its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet by as many as 157 aircraft. By cutting aircraft from the fleet in the years ahead, the Army said it is preparing to replace the aircraft by the early 2030s.<\/p>\n Based on his experience as former aviation officer with 22 years of flying experience in the \u201cvery reliable\u201d UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, Gaub argued, \u201cit\u2019s not about the equipment; it\u2019s about the people.\u201d Considering the cutbacks soon to unfold, he said, \u201cit feels intentional that they\u2019re masking a people problem by giving an equipment excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n An inside source assigned to an Army aviation brigade agreed with Gaub, telling The Gateway Pundit that \u201cthe Army is cutting the fleet because they don\u2019t have the manpower to fly, maintain, and utilize many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n In the previously mentioned survey<\/a>, over 72 percent of the survey\u2019s 229 participants said they are not trained enough to face a combat deployment. Additionally, 74 percent said they are not equipped enough to face a combat deployment.<\/p>\n To meet the demands of a combat deployment, Gaub said, \u201cyou would have to rob Peter to pay Paul to make a unit ready to go, and that\u2019s what the Army has been doing for years.\u201d As the force continues to \u201cgut one unit to make another unit able to deploy,\u201d it\u2019s one of the things that adds to his concern whether the U.S. military could handle two major conflicts in the world simultaneously.<\/p>\n \u201cTo right the ship, the country needs to be doing the hard things right now or we as a nation have to be prepared to lose our country,\u201d Gaub warned. \u201cWith the military, it starts with the commander-in-chief whose priority should be the military\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf we don\u2019t get back to knowing what it means to actually train to fight and win wars that are necessary to our nation,\u201d Gaub admitted that he fears \u201cwe will lose our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Amid Recruiting Shortfalls, the Army is Cutting Its Force by 24K to Make Itself Stronger<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Image: Wikimedia Commons By fiscal year 2029, the U.S. Army plans to cut its force by 24,000 soldiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n