If the US war machine is pulling back from combat missions, no longer having boots on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan as they were during the peaks of interventions, why would that not translate into fewer soldiers being needed? I am fairly certain that the number of servicemen and women decreased after WW I, WW II, Korea, Nam, Iraq I, and now after Iraq/Afg . Isn't the reason that enlistments have end dates to provide both the soldier the chance to leave should they no longer wish to remain, and the military to adjust. If we don't need them, why should the taxpayer be supporting them? What specific reductions are you supporting that would you believe
I don't think the US Military was ever one where people could continue to serve as long as they personally wished. It has always been you can stay if we need you.