Army Set To Miss Recruitment Goal Again
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The Army is struggling to recruit.
The Army said it is going to come up short of recruiting 65,000 new soldiers this year.
The US Army has made known that it will come up short of its recruiting goal of 65,000 new soldiers. The number of young Americans who have an interest in enlisting is apparently shrinking, per Military.com. However, other branches of the US military are also at risk of coming up short of their recruiting goals.
The Army reportedly came up 15,000 active-duty members short of their goal last year. The Army National Guard is in even worse shape, with its struggle to bring in new recruits, as well as retaining those who enlist. There is reportedly a struggle to balance domestic and overseas missions.
“We are not going to make that goal,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said during a congressional meeting on Tuesday. “We are doing everything we can to get as close to it as possible; we are going to fall short.”
Military.com reported that the only branch of the military that appears to be doing well is the Space Force, which also happens to be the smallest branch. The outlet noted that many of its recruits are transfers from the Air Force.
This comes after a previous report that hundreds of army aviation officers who were going to be leaving the military have been told they have to serve another three years.
The US Army has blamed an “error” in the application of aviation officers’ active-duty service obligation for why this is happening.
Hundreds of Army aviation officers who were set to leave the military are being held to another three years of service after they say the branch quietly reinterpreted part of their contract amid retention and recruitment issues.
The shift has sparked an uproar among the more than 600 affected active-duty commissioned officers, including some who say their plans to start families, launch businesses and begin their civilian lives have been suddenly derailed.
“We are now completely in limbo,” said a captain who had scheduled his wedding around thinking he would be leaving the military this spring.
That captain and three other active-duty aviation officers who spoke to NBC News spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.
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