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InvisiblePhilosophy t1_ja4myg3 wrote

Reply to comment by BertzReynolds in They DoD realized they have too many Generals. by bigwolf29

It’s a holdover from the Cold War and World War II, really.

In an all out war situation where we are drafting people, the generals will have many more people under each of their commands, so the proportion would look “correct”.

As is it with the number of people we have today, we are drastically overbalanced.

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BertzReynolds t1_ja4n98o wrote

There will never be a draft in the USA again and the addition of the “Space Force” just ensures too many more Generals.

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InvisiblePhilosophy t1_ja4o8ut wrote

I’m right there with you.

The last report that I read said we could cut something like 25% of the generals and be fine.

Similar numbers for colonels and lieutenant colonels, less for major, and even less to none for captains and below.

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