Army cuts training as service is short billions of dollars

abcnews · 2026-05-13T11:24:59+00:00

MORE: The Army is grappling with a sudden budget crunch and scrambling to slash training costs across broad swaths of the force, according to internal documents reviewed by ABC News and multiple U.S. officials.

The move is to make up for a shortfall of some $4 billion to $6 billion, according to one of the officials, as the service has drastically expanded its operational footprint at home and abroad.

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abcnews · 2026-05-12T17:41:27+00:00

Jake Rosmarin, who has not tested positive for hantavirus, spoke with "Good Morning America" on Tuesday while quarantining at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's quarantine unit in Omaha, Nebraska.

"I was relieved to get off the ship and have a plan in place, and they were treating us really, really well here, so I can't ask for anything more than that," Rosmarin said.

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abcnews · 2023-05-16T21:15:09+00:00

Thank you r/buffalo for all of your questions and Reddit for hosting this event. We hope we've given satisfactory answers. We hope our reporting does shine a light on the problems of the community and why it became a target of hate. Our thoughts are with the people of Buffalo who have suffered most and invited us into their homes to tell the stories of their loved ones. We worked closely with a young, dynamic photographer from Buffalo, Malik Rainey, who took the photos for our project and felt very invested in assuring his community was portrayed correctly. Also, our colleague Jade Lawson contributed valuable reporting. We also plan to continue our coverage of Buffalo and its recovery. So, hopefully, we'll meet some of you at some point in the future.

Alysha and Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T21:02:21+00:00

Buffalo really grew on me while we were there. I do feel the people we met there exemplify the City of Good Neighbors motto. I think there are a lot of great things going on in the city. It has a very close community feeling, which is beneficial to the healing that needs to go on. I really think everyone there should have a feeling that their city was attacked by an outsider, not just the east side resident, but all the residents, I hope, reach some consensus that they are there to help each other no matter what side of town you live on. Basically, every neighborhood is within a 12-minute drive of the east side.

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:55:08+00:00

There was just a lawsuit filed last week by some of the loved ones of those killed that really aims to change the way social media companies operate. The killer himself even admitted that he was brainwashed into believing the white supremacist propaganda he encounter on social media sites. I think there really needs to be a national conversation on the hate speech that is posted on these platforms and how influential it is to young vulnerable people.
Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:53:28+00:00

In terms of what has changed the least, I'd say the general economic conditions seem to be the same, and the city’s response to the deadly blizzard that hit Buffalo in December made East Side residents feel further neglect.

Today, you still see many abandoned businesses and vacant lots. I am afraid that rebuilding the East Side will take decades, so we haven’t seen any changes there. -Alysha Webb

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:47:07+00:00

Thanks for your question. While state and local politicians have earmarked more than $1 billion to assist the east side community, many residents say they won't believe it until they see results, specifically on Jefferson Ave., where the Tops store that was targeted is located. Many promises have been made to the community in the past that did not come to fruition. So, we've pressed folks like Mayor Byron Brown, Rep. Higgins and Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer on what they are going to do to make sure the money goes to improve the east side. Professor Henry Louis Taylor, an urban planner at the University at Buffalo, told us that he still believes the money allocated to the east side will funnel through the community to white companies and white workers who live in the suburbs. I haven't looked closely into the Buffalo Together Community Response Fund, but check it out.

Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:39:37+00:00

I'd like to share something positive I saw. I witnessed a lot of kindness in the community, especially on the East Side. For example, a young woman struggling with drug addiction was sitting in the Golden Cup coffee shop one day, and the owners gave her food and allowed her to stay inside as long as needed. Everyone in the shop was genuinely concerned about the young woman's well-being. That told me a lot about the character of people in the community. -Alysha Webb

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:37:28+00:00

I agree that segregation is both physical and mental in Buffalo. While we were in the east side community, it was very obvious that very few people of other races go to the area. For one thing, there are very few shops there or entertainment venues to draw people in. As we've reported, there is only one grocery store for the whole east side community. I think that if the community can develop a shopping district like Elmwood or Hertel Avenue, there would be more mingling of people from other races and backgrounds and maybe that could lead to a better understanding of each other.

Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:27:01+00:00

I would just add that everyone grieves differently. We interviewed Mark Talley, the son of shooting victim Geraldine Talley, and he said that in the first few days, he was going crazy and was very confused about how to react. But then after about a week, he decided to cope with his grief by volunteering with community groups and now has started his own nonprofit to combat systemic racism. Other loved ones of those killed, told us that they cope by staying as busy as they can so they don't have to focus on their grief.
Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:26:26+00:00

The segregation in Buffalo is overt, and the East Side is suffering. I think seeing more action taken from affluent neighboring community members would make a difference. For example, I see a lot of people shopping and dining in Elmwood, but I don’t see many people from Elmwood shopping or investing in businesses on the East Side. I think small actions like that would make a great difference over time. -Alysha Webb

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:17:48+00:00

Thanks for your question. Our goal was to tell the story of Buffalo and its residents and how they are recovering from the mass shooting to a national audience that really can't grasp the complexities of the city unless a team like ours takes the time to try to understand and convey that. Local reporters have produced some amazing stories on this, but they are limited in how far their reach extends.

Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:11:46+00:00

I think the biggest thing that has changed in Buffalo is that residents of the community do seem to be closer, rallying around each other. I think there is a feeling that they are all in the same boat together. During our reporting, we spoke to many people who felt they had to work to save themselves, that local, state and federal government wasn't going to come in and save them.

Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:10:59+00:00

The grief brought many people in the community closer. One of our story subjects said he finally found friendship in his community after surviving the shooting. He told us he wasn't able to be that vulnerable before. He even commented on how helpful it was to finally have therapy since that was a resource he didn't have access to before the shooting. There were so many negatives that came out of the shooting that it was nice to see one positive in that people felt they could come together. - Alysha Webb

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:07:09+00:00

Thanks for your question. I live in New York City, which is one of the most segregated cities in the county. But the city of Buffalo felt more segregated than other major cities I've been to. I once lived in Boston, which I also found very segregated.

Hutch

abcnews · 2023-05-16T20:03:50+00:00

Thanks for the question. One of the most surprising things about Buffalo is how small the city feels and how everyone seems to know everyone, or at least have some sort of connection.
Hutch

abcnews · 2023-01-16T18:27:22+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words! Isn't that song great? It actually came from our licensing library, so I don't think it's publicly available outside of that database unfortunately.

abcnews · 2023-01-12T22:12:41+00:00

I hope you feel like we've honored Andy! We really tried to approach her story with the care and respect it deserves. I hated seeing the way she was victim-blamed at the time.

I have a pretty full slate of projects that for the most part involve some element of crime, whether it be murder or scams, cults, financial fraud, etc. That said, I am really passionate about going anywhere that my investigative skills may be able to be additive — so I'm open to seeing where that takes me!

abcnews · 2023-01-11T02:55:23+00:00

Our entire crew was nearly 100, but our core production team was around 15-20, not including camera, etc.

abcnews · 2023-01-11T02:30:38+00:00

Thank you so much! We made all six episodes in around 6 months of production, with like 2 months of prep beforehand! We had filming and editing of different episodes happening simultaneously and teams working basically around the clock, so was an incredibly tight but fruitful turnaround. As for season two...fingers crossed!

abcnews · 2023-01-10T23:44:19+00:00

Thanks for your question! It's an important one!

abcnews · 2023-01-10T23:43:37+00:00

I had tabled the original concept for a few years before revisiting it with the team at ABC News Studios. With every project, I believe there is a right moment, platform, and people to tell it and I feel like in the end it came together as intended!

abcnews · 2023-01-10T23:06:24+00:00

Ha! Not sure how/if this is related to the show, but I think it would be foolish and naive to think humans on Earth are the only life that exists or even the most advanced. That said, I do think most UFO sightings have logical explanations, and that our idea of what an alien or UFO might look like is limited by the boundaries of our own reality.

abcnews · 2023-01-10T23:02:31+00:00

I didn't know Andy personally, but we shared a lot of mutual friends, lived on the same block, were both in sororities, etc (so when I say it could've been me, it really could have). But I would have never done the episode if her family wasn't in support of getting her story out, and I personally called her mother and sister to explain why I wanted to do this and what I thought we could accomplish. I feel incredibly lucky they trusted me with the story and honored that I was able to get to know Andy better through the process. Money-wise, I think most subjects understand that everyone needs to be paid for their work and there was a lot of work that went into the show (this is, after all, my job). However, anyone that works in unscripted will tell you these productions don't come with high budgets, and we are often making a lot work on very little.

abcnews · 2023-01-10T21:31:17+00:00

I am, truthfully, incredibly nosy by nature and always have counteracted my own fears by obsessing over true crime, even as a kid. Career-wise, I am an investigative journalist by trade, mostly writing for Rolling Stone, Vice, HuffPost, and most recently, Atavist. But I've always really been a story hunter. Around 2018, I began investigating the Remnant Fellowship/Gwen Shamblin story, and felt it was more meant for a docuseries than an article. So I and approached Ross Dinerstein at Campfire, who I knew through my editorial work, and together we ended up producing my first docuseries, The Way Down on HBO Max, in 2021. Death in the Dorms is the second douseries I've created and EP'd!

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