Recruiting among the nation’s military branches is at historically low numbers as COVID, woke leaders and an anti-military culture are keeping young people away. President Biden’s debacle in Afghanistan is also sure to be on the minds of those thinking of joining up, with some wondering, “if the Commander-in-Chief won’t stand behind the military, who will?”
The Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, meanwhile, in early July barred 57,000 troops from their duties and cut their pay and benefits. It’s no wonder people don’t want to serve.
“We are on the cusp of a military recruiting crisis,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) told Politico, citing Covid, obesity among would-be recruits, competition from the healthy civilian labor market, and an overall low interest in serving. “When Republicans take control of Congress in a few months,” he added, “averting the recruiting crisis will be a top priority of the Military Personnel Subcommittee.” Gallagher is the top Republican on the House Armed Services’ subpanel.
Politico writes that it’s “widely considered the worst recruiting environment since the end of the Vietnam War.” Here are the numbers:
The Army has reached 66 percent of its goal for the fiscal year ending in September, and the Navy is at 89 percent, according to data compiled from October 2021 to May 2022. Even with rates of 100 percent for the Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, that leaves the department [of Defense] with a total rate of just 85 percent.
Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva said in a 2018 speech that “only 1 percent of our population today will ever wear the uniform of this nation in any of its incarnations—soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, active, Guard or Reserve.” We ask a lot out of very few in this country. If recruiting numbers continue to drop, we’re in real trouble.
Empty the Prisons liberate or own homegrown violent and criminally insane into the Greatest Fighting Force the Earth has seen. It doesn’t have to be a romantic or a nostalgic patriotic endeavor. Exploit or resources. Don’t pay them don’t decorate them for Valor don’t pension them bury them Unkown It’s WIN WIN.
I really feel sorry for the recruiters these days. Hope they don’t have quotas to meet.
let the alphabet people handle it. since they are such bad asses, and support this communist government!!
I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to volunteer for the military these days, the leadership we have running this country are idiots. No matter how strong our military is, they are intent on converting us to a third world country.
Americans LEARNED from Vietnam !!! DON’T Trust our CORRUPT GOVT !!!! !!!!!