US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Numbers are looking better now that the US Army decided they need less people.
In the news:
April 18, 2024 Stars and Stripes
Army on pace to meet lowered recruitment goal for 2024, but long-term challenges remain
Short on recruits? Americans not showing up to enlist? Lower the goal.
“…Army has had to lower its expectations in the face of a recruiting crisis that has affected nearly the entire military.”
“The service last year set a recruiting goal of 65,000 and slashed it significantly for this year after recruitment fell short by nearly 10,000 soldiers.”
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth:
“She added the Army will need help from lawmakers to boost the appeal of military service as public trust in government institutions declines. More than 80% of today’s Army recruits come from military families, Wormuth said.”
Army boss lets the world know that recruiting would be better if a new generation trusted the government.
April 15, 2024 Spectrum Bay News 9
U.S. military faces toughest recruiting period in decades
“The Department of Defense reports many military recruiting goals are not being met in the midst of what military recruiters have called one of the toughest recruiting periods in more than 30 years.”
“Military recruiting chiefs cited some of the following reasons for the decline:
COVID-19 limited interaction between recruiters & recruits”
COVID is over guys. Restrictions were lifted a while back.
Maybe the Joint Chiefs of Staff could stage Trump-like rallies and give motivational talks to get new people to enlist?
Sort of like the years of honoring the troops at major sports events, but with the specific purpose of getting new people to commit to an enlistment.
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
A recruiting crisis was earned by the politicians, generals, & high ranking civilians who have been running the Pentagon over the past 30 years or so.
The crisis is also upon us due to newspeople not asking questions going back to the time the Cold War ended in the early 90s.
The US Dept. of Defense spent the last 30 years squandering prestige and credibility overseas and at home.
As always-
Zero questions from the press on how American families react to decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars.
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like:
The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Thousands of US families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Will they encourage new enlistments?
Congress Comes Together
Biden signs $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid package creates any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
Some will say it is time to bring back a draft.
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
A Draft? – DOD Brand Has Been Wrecked
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
A nice alternative media video here.
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How does Uncle Sam plan to attract young people to sign up in the years ahead?
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Dept. of Defense Lies About Freedom
The country struggles with:
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
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Something from the last century