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Service leaders say they are also planning for other cuts if Congress fails to pass a budget or supplemental funding for aid to Ukraine and Israel.
The cuts will mainly affect already-empty posts — not actual soldiers.
High-tech units focused on multidomain operations are in; formations for counterinsurgency are out, in the Army's new force structure design.
The Army will expend its air defense forces by 7,500 soldiers while cutting thousands of unfilled positions, including special operations.