The Army missed its 2022 recruiting goals by 25%the other three branches will enter 2023 behind on their targets, causing speculation of a military restructure.
"Using Air Force lexicon, I would say we're doing a dead stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal '22, and we're going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff," Maj. Gen. Edward Thomas, head of the Air Force Recruiting Service, said at a conference last week."We're going to be starting 2023 in a tougher position than we started 2022.
Critics have also argued that the military has become"woke" in recent years and that that has contributed to the recruiting struggles, pointing to examples of services offering mandatory diversity and inclusion classes while failing to prepare troops for the realities of combat.
, with thousands of service members in legal limbo while they wait to find out if they will be forced out of the military for noncompliance. Military leaders have responded to the crisis by increasing enlistment bonuses and incentives in a bid to attract a larger pool of applicants, but leaders worry that the military may not be able to compete with private-sector employers in the tight labor market. However, leaders have vowed not to lower standards in an attempt to make up the shortfall.
"We remain committed to maintaining our standards, investing in America's youth, and emphasizing quality over quantity," Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, told the AP.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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