Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a “comprehensive transformation” of the U.S. Army, calling on Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll to “rebuild our Army, restore the warrior ethos, and reestablish deterrence” and ordering the consolidations of several “redundant” headquarters’ operations. 

In his memo, dated Wednesday and released publicly Thursday, Hegseth ordered Driscoll to implement a comprehensive strategy to “streamline its force structure, eliminate wasteful spending, reform the acquisition process, and modernize inefficient defense contracts.”

In announcing the changes, Hegseth said that achieving peace through strength requires that the Army be able to “rapidly adapt to diverse and emerging global threats” and to be “prepared for the complex and evolving battlefield of the future.”

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