Army Considering Major Changes Following Hegseth Directive: Report

The administration of President Donald Trump promised big changes to the status quo in short order when it re-took the White House last November.

And as far as the U.S. Army goes, it appears to be doing just that.

Now under the purview of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a report has surfaced that the military “is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops,” according to Military.com.

“[T]hree defense officials familiar with the deliberations” have cited pressure from the Pentagon to cut expenditures, as well as a general move away from spending military resources in Europe, as the reasons for this potentially drastic action.

As far as the Pentagon goes, that group appears to be working on an order from Hegseth,

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