U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth—himself a former U.S. Army officer has announced a plan to trim a lot of proverbial fat from the ranks of the Army by cutting an excess number of general officers.

According to a May 1, 2025, piece by Mike Glenn of The Washington Times,

“The Army could eliminate as many as 40 headquarters-level slots for generals and push scores of desk-bound officers and sergeants back to field units as part of a wide-ranging reorganization effort of the nation’s largest military service …  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered the Army to streamline its force structure and transform ‘at an accelerated pace’ by divesting itself of outdated and inefficient programs. On Thursday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said they will ‘ruthlessly prioritize’ the needs of fighting forces contributing to the service’s lethality’ … The headquarters units across the entire Pentagon – but the Army, too – have grown way too large and they’ve grown way too bloated,’ Mr. Driscoll told reporters at the 

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