Scy Hegseth increases retirement goals for senior officers

[trader]

So the number is going up again. Do we have too many generals/admirals?

EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth to double cuts to generals, admirals in major Pentagon shakeup

Pete Hegseth's State of the Force address doubles last year's cuts, targeting a 20% reduction in general and flag officer billets across all services.

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[powerboatr]

yes we have to many 07 and above
always have

 

[Pitdogg2]

20 years ago my cousin was forced out of the Air Force with the rank of Major. If you could not move up, you had to move out. There was no where he could move up to because none of those above him were moving up either, of course they were not forcing those above him out. Fine line for sure. The Air Force was not letting folks stagnate, well unless you're a high-ranking general then you could just die in place, evidently.

 

[powerboatr]

in 2003 we faced a similar problem in E9 ranks in many aviation billets
toooooooo many old farts that made E9 a decade earlier and were riding the lighting to 30 years , not failing at anything, except hogging up the billets , it was horrible,
many of us trapped in that loop prayed for an E9 convention and they all get DUIs to get told to go home

O6s were also in same boat in aviation, only so many spots for upward mobility so aviators took embassy jobs and posts not related to flying to just hit 30 yrs got burned out...

 

[HayesGreener]

Hegseth is putting emphasis on warfighting flag officers and cutting bureaucrats. Consensus is we need to be ready to fight in the Pacific. Gen Marshall did the same thing in the run up to WWII

 

[Cedric]

In WWII for a force of approximately 12 million we had four, four-star generals for the Army, George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and Hap Arnold (USAAF). Late in the war and immediate post-war more four-stars were added such as Bradley, Patton, and so forth, but I stick with four during the majority of the fighting. For the four-stars of the Navy there were Ernest J. King, William D. Leahy, Chester W. Nimitz, and H. R. “Rick” Arnold. A similar number of Navy three-stars were promoted late in the war or in the post war period. Today we have 37 - 39 four stars on active duty. If you think that's bad, currently the Royal Navy has more Admirals than warships.