Army Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, discuss their sectors of fire Oct. 1 during an area reconnaissance mission off Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. The planned drawdown in Afghanistan is one of the many topics to keep an eye on in 2011. Spc. Joshua Grenier What To Expect In 2011: A Look At The New Year -- Army Times
Army Times’ staff compiled some of the top topics that the service will have to address this year.
Leadership changes
It will all change at the top of the Army in 2011.
Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey and Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth Preston will both finish their tenures in the first half of the new year, but their replacements have not been named, and the order of their departures might complicate matters.
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