The U.S. Army plans to slash the size of its force by about 24,000 — almost 5% — and restructure to be better able to fight the next major war as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs.
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According to the plan, the Army will cut about 10,000 spaces for engineers and similar jobs that were tied to counter-insurgency missions. An additional 2,700 cuts will come from units that don't deploy often and can be trimmed, and 6,500 will come from various training and other posts.