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FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, which is nearly 5%. It's also restructuring it to be better able to fight the next major war. The changes come as the Army struggles with recruiting shortfalls that have made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)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.
Originally published at The Associated Press