...were blunt: "Cuts of this magnitude would be catastrophic to the military," testified Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, a former Iraq commander. "My assessment is that the nation would incur an unacceptable level of strategic and...

...400 helicopters from the active-duty force and about 600 from the National Guard and Army Reserve, Brig. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said Friday. All AH-1 Cobra helicopters will be out of the force by the end of this year and all UH-1 Hueys...