[Alberta's Child]

There's a bigger issue that doesn't get a lot of attention in these articles about enlistment shortfalls.

Does the U.S. even need a large standing military at all?

I ask this question not in the context of military "needs" as they are presented in articles like this one, but in the context of the U.S. Constitution and the proper role of the Federal government.

The simple truth is that there is no constitutional justification for having hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops stationed all over the globe. If I join the U.S. Army tomorrow and my first assignment out of training is anywhere other than the southern border of the United States, then the U.S. Army should have an enlistment goal of ZERO.

[central_va]

A standing Army can only lead to no good. A large well equipped Navy/USMC OTH is essential to national security.