From UPI:
The U.S. Army is going to need to be even larger than the service is now planning, the Army’s top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomacher [sic] said Thursday the planned enlargement of the Army to 547,000 troops over the next five years is unlikely to be enough to face future crises.
“I think the future is going to justify an even larger Army than what we are building,” he said. “We have people in the department still talking about there is going to be a day when we don’t need boots on the ground and I think that’s ludicrous.”
Schoomacher [sic] also said he thinks the proportion of active duty to reserve forces is out of whack. There are currently 55 percent reserves and 45 percent active.
“I would be much more comfortable with 60 percent active and 40 percent Guard and Reserve,” he said.
