Pentagon’s Hegseth Orders a ‘Complete Transformation’ of Army

May 1, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC

US Defense chief Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the Army, the country’s largest military service, to boost long-range missile defense, electromagnetic warfare and artificial intelligence.

The top Pentagon official, who has pledged to incorporate technology at the department more quickly, announced the changes in a memo released Thursday.

Several Army units will merge and number of general officers will be reduced. Hegseth ordered the merger of Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command into a new organization. Army Forces Command would merge with Army North and South into a single headquarters focused on homeland defense, according to the ...

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