1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 21, 2017Army FY2017 Force Structure DecisionsBackground The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, P.L. 114-328, authorizes the Army to maintain an endstrength of 1.018 million soldiers, an increase over previous programmed plans to reduce the A
2、rmy to 980,000 soldiers by the end of FY2018. FY2017 endstrength authorizations are: Regular Army: 476,000 Army National Guard (ARNG): 343,000 U.S. Army Reserve (USAR): 199,000 Given this increase in endstrength, the Army plans to initiate the following force structure decisions (see https:/www.army
3、.mil/article/189082/department_of_the_army_announces_force_structure_decisions_for_fiscal_year_2017 for more information). Enhance Readiness The Armys goal for units deploying on operations is that these units have 100% of their authorized personnel available. This goal is often not achievable due t
4、o the Army-level inventory of soldiersin both grade and military occupational specialty (MOS)available to be assigned to units. In addition, soldiers assigned to units can become “non-deployable” and ineligible to participate in operations for a variety of reasons. Some of the more common ones inclu