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re: Question for Army officers
Posted on 10/12/26 at 9:34 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 10/12/26 at 9:34 am to Jim Rockford
Could be multiple reasons, as others say. And also, "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20% reduction in U.S. military general and flag officer positions (ranging from one-star to four-star ranks), removing or downgrading roughly 170 billets out of approximately 850–857 active roles by January 1, 2027", which follows a 10% reduction he had ordered back in 2025.
Fewer stars to chase.
Fewer stars to chase.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:39 pm to TheOcean
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Probably going to be promoted soon.
I looked at the thread last night and thought, damn thats a lot of typing to give a full answer with all the possibilities and explain the Army command structure but you and several others have hit on the most likely scenario. The O-7 is likely on promotable status and just waiting for sequence numbers. He will probably get pinned very shortly.
The other thing to keep in mind is a division will have two deputy commanders, both likely to be O-7s (one might be a soon to be promoted O-6) along with close to 100 (maybe more) staff officers, so there is a huge amount of institutional knowledge available. Officers don't know how to run a new level of command from day one. A new platoon leader has a platoon Sergeant; a new company commander has an XO and a First Sergeant all of which usually makes the transition realtively easy.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 1:41 pm to Jim Rockford
I’d expect fewer general or flag officers in the future. Same with Senior Enlisted. The current position from the Pentagon is we are too top heavy with rank
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