Pentagon to recruit 65,000 soldiers a year

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The US Department of Defense plans to rectify the 15,000 troop shortage that occurred in 2022 and to recruit 65,000 new recruits to the armed forces in 2023. This was stated by US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, according to Fox News.

“For me, the number one priority this year is solving our recruitment problem. Last year, the military fell short of its target of nearly 15,000 recruits. This is a very serious situation for us,” Wormuth said in a panel discussion at George Washington University.

The conscription plan in 2022 was 60,000 people, troops by the end of the year managed to pull only 45,000. The main cause of teen obesity problems is the lack of a high school diploma and mental illness.

Also, as society left the military, Americans lost interest in military service. Citizens are also reluctant to join the Volunteer Forces (AVF), and fewer soldiers from military families join the armed forces.

Last month, the Army announced plans to expand its pre-basic training course, which allows candidates who don’t meet the weight and ability requirements to enroll, to deal with the recruitment crisis.

In August, Fort Jackson, South Carolina began a pilot program for soldiers who had 6% more body fat than Army standards or scored between 21 and 30 on the Armed Forces Professional Aptitude Battery Test.

Previously, Senator Tom Cotton, representing the Republican Party, declarationThat social experiments in the US military could have deadly consequences.

For him, “race, gender, and controversial political doctrines” have become an integral part of the military training of the US military. As a result, confidence in the US military has dropped from 70% in 2018 to 45% today.

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