Latest "army end strength" stories

Promotions, ribbons established for Army recruiting referrals

Service officials hope the program can help reverse a recruiting deficit.

By Davis Winkie

2 weeks ago

Can the Army fill its ranks?

End strength goals have been tough to reach.

By Davis Winkie

6 weeks ago

An end strength crisis is here for the Army

There’s no sugarcoating it: all three components of the Army missed their required end strength for fiscal 2022.

By Davis Winkie

4 months ago

Army ended fiscal year short almost 20,000 soldiers, chief says

The Army's top general said the service finished fiscal 2022 with about 465,600 active duty troops.

By Davis Winkie

4 months ago

Pentagon budget aims to shrink the military by thousands

The Defense Department budget request unveiled Monday asks for Congress to cut about 25,000 positions from the military services.

By Meghann Myers

9 months ago

Pay is up, end strength is down and more from the Pentagon’s latest budget proposal

Smaller services, a healthy pay raise and more from the fiscal year 2022 budget proposal.

By Meghann Myers

21 months ago

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