FORT RILEY (AP) – The Army’s top enlisted soldier says despite planned reductions in the number of soldiers in the next five years, the Army will be better trained and better equipped than it was more than a decade ago.

Sgt. Major of Army Raymond Chandler said Wednesday during a visit to Fort Riley that every installation will notice changes, without giving specifics.

Chandler was at the northeast Kansas post to visit with 1st Infantry Division artillery soldiers as they continued field training. He took their questions and asked a few of his own.

This is Chandler’s second visit to Fort Riley this year. He accompanied Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin on a tour of five posts around the country.