Speaking in front of thousands of returnees from Afghanistan war, United States President Barack Obama said that the era of large-scale operations abroad is coming to an end. He stressed that the army will need to become more compact. The army of the United States became popular as "exporting democracy", but a solid American military forces often conduct their own operations in those States which, taking into account the opinion of the White house, this urges the situation. Barack Obama said that later the power will renounce the practice of large-scale military operations. The American President spoke to 3 thousands of soldiers who returned from Afghanistan. "Time to deploy large ground forces, which have support in the municipal building abroad is coming to an end" - quoted by RIA Novosti Barack Obama. Fully collapse military activity however is not planned. "Our military will be leaner. But as commander in chief, I want to be sure that you are ready to fulfill all of the tasks that stand before you. We will as before to have the best-trained, most importantly, best-equipped, military equipment in the entire history of the troops, for the following reasons the world as before will cry out to you," said the American President. Officially the military mission of the United States and their supporters in the North Atlantic Alliance ended on December 7. NATO expects before the end of 2014 to withdraw from Afghanistan all available troops. Then in the country all the same thing will remain the us military, but in a significantly smaller amount: several thousand people will train the Afghan military and police so that they were able to take over security.