"Cutting Army end strength to only 452,000 soldiers locks in the service’s worst projections for recruiting, forestalling any possibility to achieve greater-than-predicted success," writes Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation.
About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, half of the soldiers in that pilot program have failed the training.
WASHINGTON — Upgrading living quarters, extending permanent change of station accommodations and enhancing services for military families will be among the quality-of-life improvements the Army will make for its Soldiers,