The Pentagon plans to scale back the US Army to its lowest level since before World War II in a proposed budget ending the 13-year occupation of Afghanistan.

The Pentagon plans to scale back the US Army to its lowest level since before World War II in a proposed budget ending the 13-year occupation of Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday recommended shrinking the army from 520,000 active duty troops to 440,000-450,000, saying that "after Iraq and Afghanistan, we are no longer sizing the military to conduct long and large stability operations."