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The Army will begin to allocate more soldiers to understrength units as part of an end strength increase authorized by Congress in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The increase allows the Army to maintain a total 1.018 million soldiers – 476,000 soldiers in the active component, 343,000 soldiers in the National Guard and 199,000 Reserve soldiers. The increase reverses the Total Army end strength reduction originally programmed for 980,000 by the end of fiscal year 2018. Major force structure…
