This week in DoD sequestration news
Army Times interviewed outgoing Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno. Here’s what he had to say about sequestration and Army downsizing:
- The Army is in danger of becoming too small for an increasingly dangerous world and that may embolden our enemies to act.
- “If we get small enough where some of these [world] leaders don’t believe the Army can respond or deter them…that increases the threats and danger to the United States.”
- On Russia, Iraq, ISIL, etc.: “We’re trying to work all these issues simultaneously, and you have to have enough size to respond when something goes bad. That’s the concern.”
- “I worry about the long-term impact increased requirements and reduced resources are going to have [on] our soldiers. The op-tempo will continue, but I always worry if they are going to be trained to the levels that we expect them to be trained.”
- “Sequestration is not yet resolved, and I’m not seeing much progress right now in that being resolved, but our missions are increasing…The requirements are going up, but the dollars are going down.”
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