Posted on Aug 12, 2022
So far the Army has recruited just half the soldiers it hoped for 2022
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With about seven weeks left in the fiscal year, the Army has recruited only about half the number of soldiers it set as its yearly goal.
In an exclusive interview, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army has recruited about 52% of its goal for fiscal year 2022 and is likely to wind up short by as many as 15,000 recruits.
“We are right now at about 52% of the mission that we had originally set for ourselves. So we’ve got a ways to go, and obviously we’ve only got about a month or so until the fiscal year ends,” Wormuth said. “I would say we’re [going to be] about 12,000 to 15,000 recruits short this year.”
The goal was to have 60,000 active-duty enlistments this fiscal year. While the Army has already said publicly it expects to be short of its overall goal, Wormuth's comments show how significant the shortfall might be. It will have to add more than 10,000 recruits before the end of September just to meet her downsized projection.
In an exclusive interview, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army has recruited about 52% of its goal for fiscal year 2022 and is likely to wind up short by as many as 15,000 recruits.
“We are right now at about 52% of the mission that we had originally set for ourselves. So we’ve got a ways to go, and obviously we’ve only got about a month or so until the fiscal year ends,” Wormuth said. “I would say we’re [going to be] about 12,000 to 15,000 recruits short this year.”
The goal was to have 60,000 active-duty enlistments this fiscal year. While the Army has already said publicly it expects to be short of its overall goal, Wormuth's comments show how significant the shortfall might be. It will have to add more than 10,000 recruits before the end of September just to meet her downsized projection.
So far the Army has recruited just half the soldiers it hoped for 2022
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I love how it's people who aren't the Army anymore giving their thoughts on why recruiting is down...and it's always just blatantly wrong.
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With the advent of the punitive nature in which the administration is dealing with our military, those that have considered the military as a choice has reassessed that decision. This includes no reevaluation of current COVID rules or medical research effectiveness of same. The inept decisions made when leaving Afghanistan cost the lives of servicemen and left behind U. S. Citizens. The billions of dollars being spent on illegals crossing the border in deference to national security training and deterrence.
The list goes on but the direction of the administration does not seem military-friendly. It's not hard to see that those considering the military do not care to execute on that decision.
CSM Chuck Stafford
The list goes on but the direction of the administration does not seem military-friendly. It's not hard to see that those considering the military do not care to execute on that decision.
CSM Chuck Stafford
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