Recruitment woes

Army misses recruiting goal by 15,000 soldiers Officials said the Army brought in about 45,000 soldiers during the fiscal year that ended Friday. The goal was 60,000. www.armytimes.com The army missed it's recruitment goals by 25% (15K soldiers). This is obviously a huge number. The article implies that this number is only going to increase in subsequent years and that all services will be affected beginning next year. I wonder how long it will take our military to implode if this issue continues for 2, 3 4+ years (which it appears will happen) at the current op tempo... Read more
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