Pentagon trimming ranks of generals, admirals

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 2:23am |

By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, Dec. 28/29, 2011

[....] Pentagon officials said they have eliminated 27 jobs for generals and admirals since March, the first time the Defense Department has imposed such a reduction since the aftermath of the Cold War, when the collapse of the Soviet Union prompted the military to downsize.

The cuts are part of a broader plan to shrink the upper ranks by 10 percent over five years, restoring them to the their size when the country was last at peace, before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 [....]

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