There Are 886 Generals And Admirals In The U.S. Military

James Clark, Scout: Does The US Military Have Too Many Generals?

The Senate is weighing a provision that would force the U.S. military to cut hundreds of general officers.

On May 12, the Senate Armed Services Committee proposed some pretty substantial cuts to the military’s general and flag officer corps. As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017, the provision proposes cutting the number of generals by 25%, or 222 of the Department of Defense’s 886 generals and admirals.

According to the committee, the number of general and flag officers has “become increasingly out of balance with the size of the force it leads.”

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