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Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to carry out a major transformation that includes consolidating commands and reducing headquarters personnel by around 1,000 staff members.
- This restructuring builds on prior efforts to modernize the Army and aims to speed up reform by merging key leadership units, including the command responsible for future capabilities and the organization overseeing training and doctrine development.
- Significant adjustments involve scaling back manned attack helicopter units, discontinuing the AH-65D model, increasing reliance on affordable drone swarms to overwhelm opponents, and transforming all Infantry Brigade Combat Teams into more agile and lethal Mobile Brigades.
- Driscoll highlighted plans to downsize and reorganize manned attack helicopter units while increasing reliance on affordable drone swarms designed to overpower enemy forces, alongside intentions to retire older UAV models such as the Gray Eagle.
- The transformation seeks to create a more streamlined and capable force by eliminating obsolete programs and reorganizing headquarters, though congressional approval and final budget decisions remain uncertain.
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Hegseth Orders Army to Cut Costs by Merging Some Commands and Slashing Jobs
The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the field, according to a new memo and U.S. officials familiar with the changes.
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