I suspect the previously authorized O-3/O-4 over strength represents a hell of a lot of wartime staff and liaison billets. Folks assigned to various CF HQs, Joint/Combined Task Forces, Advisory elements, FORSCOM/TRADOC shops, FORCEMOD efforts, etc.
As current events wind down, those slots (and some organizations) are evaporating.
We've all seen it. There are so many wartime demands for SOF LNOs and staff augmentees, that operational units can barely man MTOE leader positions on the ground.
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