Gen. Robert Abrams Takes Command at Fort Bragg

Reminder, the size of the Army in 2011 was 565,463 and the Army National Guard had 467,587 in 2009 but was reduced to 350,200 (authorized end strength for Fiscal Year 2015) and the Army was reduced to 490,000 with expected reductions of 40,000 more.

Joint Chiefs promotion prompts command change at Fort Bragg
WRAL News
August 10, 2015

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — There's a new commander with a notable pedigree at the U.S. Army command that makes sure the right number of soldiers are trained and deployed to the world's hotspots.

Gen. Robert Abrams on Monday succeeded Gen. Mark Milley, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week as the Army's representative on the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff. Abrams' father, for whom the military named the M1 Abrams battle tank, served as Army chief of staff in the 1970s.

Army Forces Command has more than 800,000 active-duty and reserve soldiers, including Fort Bragg's 18th Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division. The command also oversees training centers at Fort Irwin, California, and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Abrams comes to Fort Bragg from his most recent assignment as a senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense in Washington.
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