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The
head man for the U.S. Army is warning that the official Fiscal Year
(FY) 2016 budget and personnel cuts to the nation's army very well could
have not only a detrimental, but a devastating effect on the largest
branch of the Armed Forces responding to world-wide threats. As reported
by the Reuters news service via the Washington Free Beacon
on Oct. 13, 2014, Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno warned that
even at the current number of troops, there is serious concern if the
Army can fulfill its mission.
Obama's change.
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With the federal government starting its fiscal calender on the first
of October every year, 11 and a half months from now America's standing
army will be 40,000 soldiers weaker. Speaking before annual Association
of the U.S. Army conference, Gen. Odierno Despite the governmental
sounding name, the privately owned Military Times
noted earlier this month that the Marine Corps is also facing a huge
cut in the percentage of troops wearing the famed Eagle, Globe and
Anchor.
As reported, the Obama Administration's FY budgets since taking
office have seen a constant and steady downward drop since becoming the
country's Commander in Chief. With 2009 being the first year of his
presidency, Obama has ensured personnel cutbacks beginning with the FY
2010 budget. Since then, the Corps has seen drops from 202,000 in FY
2010 to a planned 182,000 by FY 2016. Next year's FY budget cuts see the
Marine Corps slashed by 10 percent since Obama assumed power, while the
Army faces losing 12.25 percent of its troop strength in just a single
fiscal year.
During FY 2010,
the Army's authorized troops strength stood at 562,400. During the
Obama Era, the U.S. Army will have seen a total drop of 112,400 - or
roughly a 20 percent drop. The FY 2016 cuts will ensure the smallest
standing American Army since 1940 which stood at 269,023.
For illustration purposes only, an example of what a Pay Grade E-4
with more than two years in service, but less than three years, has a
base pay of $2,101.80 a month. While those serving in the Armed Forces
are available as well as are physically on duty, the same E-4 currently
earns $2.92 an hour. Under the 2014 military pay scale, a Pay Grade E-1 undergoing recruit training is paid $2.12 an hour.
Other cost saving measures put forth by the Obama Administration were cited by the Marine Corps Times
last month, the White House cut the Congressionally mandated 1.8
percent pay raise down to a threadbare 1.0 percent. Seen by many military
advocacy groups, Team Obama is also floating a "proposal to make troops
pay an average 5 percent of their housing costs out of their own
pockets. And proposals to eliminate the commissary subsidy — and
increase consumer prices — at most domestic installations ..."
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