There can be (and as rooster mentioned, it's happening) some SIGNIFICANT cuts made without hurting readiness.
But that doesn't grab headlines the way "ZOMG THE TROOPS WONT GET PAID THIS MONTH" does.
I, for one, would be all about trimming a ton of excess fat. To include my own unit. Although I love it, everything it does can be done elsewhere, and IS done elsewhere.
But then again, we don't need to, since it's being turned back into an engineer battalion from a "special troops battalion" Which means instead of small hodgepodges of people, we'll have a battalion with one mission.