Just this week the army announced a massive restructuring effort that would reduce the force by 5% and

reallocate resources across a variety of sectors.

This is the first formal contraction of the

Army since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1970. In this episode of

Morning Wire we hear from an expert about why the US military is taking this action now and how it will

likely affect our readiness for war.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Saturday, March 2nd, and this is an extra edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us to discuss the historic US military contraction is Robert Greenway,

director of the Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation.

Hey Robert, thanks so much for coming on.

My pleasure.

So the Army recently announced they are doing a major restructure.

They say they're hoping to be better prepared for war.

They've described slashing 24,000 positions,

although many of those are already empty,

and about 3,000 of those cuts are coming from special operations forces.

What are your thoughts on the new restructuring?

So appreciate you having me on.

So the decision to cut 24,000 or roughly 5% of the force, 32,000 over five years,

basically solidifies the vacancies left from the worst recruiting

crisis in the history of the all-volunteer force. The Army alone was 10,000 short last

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