The proposed defense budget by the Obama administration would cut 120,000 active duty servicemen from the army and eliminate the A-10 Warthog from the air force. The budget would also cut housing allowances for servicemen as well as increasing the fees for health care benefits, freezing the pay of some officers while limiting the pay raises for others. Associated Press: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reportedly propose a Pentagon budget that will shrink the U.S. Army to its smallest number since 1940 and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets.  The New York Times reported late Sunday that Hagel's proposal, which will be released to lawmakers and the public on Monday, will call for a reduction in size of the military that will leave it capable of waging war, but unable to carry out protracted occupations of foreign territory, as in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Under Hagel's plan, the number of troops in the Army will drop to between 440,000 and 450,000, a...(Read Full Post)