 Chief of the Army Staff, General Ray Odierno discussed the results of the Army's four-structured decision at the Pentagon today. The General said budget reductions are forcing the Army to take a $170 billion hit over 10 years. So, the Army end strength will be reduced from a wartime high of 570,000 to 490,000. This reduction will be completed by the end of fiscal year 2017 and I want to be clear that we are taking these actions as a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011. This end strength and force structure reduction predates sequestration. So as sequestration moves on, there will be a requirement potentially to take out more force structure out of the Army. The Army Reserve will grow by 1,000 soldiers while the number of National Guard soldiers will drop from 358,000 to 350,000. The General added that this is the biggest restructuring effort for the Army since World War II.