Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Army Chief of Staff Admits Recruiting Difficulties Will Leave Force Too Small
Your News ^ | May 6, 2022

Posted on 05/06/2022 11:34:26 AM PDT by Cathi

Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville admitted Thursday during a Senate hearing that the Army’s recruiting difficulties and its plan to reduce numbers accordingly would leave the force too small.

The Army is reducing its total active-duty force numbers over the next several years due to recruiting difficulties — an unprecedented step, according to some military experts.

The Army announced in March that the end strength, or total number of forces, would go from 485,000 active-duty soldiers currently to 476,000 in fiscal year 2022, which ends in September, and further down to 473,000 in fiscal year 2023. It is the lowest it has been since World War II, according to the Military Times.

Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-IN) called it “more serious than any recruiting challenge that I’ve experienced in the years that I’ve been here.”

(Excerpt) Read more at yournews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; military
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-83 next last
Distressing considering we seem to be on the cusp of a world war.
1 posted on 05/06/2022 11:34:26 AM PDT by Cathi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Cathi

What is that saying again: Go woke, go broke?
Seems to be applying itself here.

You sh*t all over ‘conservative’ recruits or armed service people (which made up a large part of your recruitment and the military) and then expect they will keep taking the BS or join up to take that BS? LMAO, some stupid idiotic and moronic mofos running the military these days, for sure.


2 posted on 05/06/2022 11:37:15 AM PDT by cranked
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

Go woke, less sign up.


3 posted on 05/06/2022 11:37:22 AM PDT by mikelets456
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

I would discourage any White Male from joining. They will not have your back. You will be crapped on at every turn.

Screw them. Let girls with two mommies and pink haired trannies and all the other Leftist freaks go die in the Deep State’s endless wars at twice their rate of the population like White Males have over the last generation.


4 posted on 05/06/2022 11:37:52 AM PDT by FLT-bird
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

There will be NO self-reflection on the part of the Army. They will be unable to see that crt training, lowering of standards and insistence of lgbtwhatever gender has any role to play.


5 posted on 05/06/2022 11:41:15 AM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle Mom)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cranked

Nice rant
With you 100


6 posted on 05/06/2022 11:42:47 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

Current soldiers who are experiencing the gender bender nonsense, homosexuals in the leadership, forced vaccinations, the feminization of what was a masculine warrior culture are not encouraging others to enlist.


7 posted on 05/06/2022 11:43:08 AM PDT by allendale
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi
It was bound to happen with a volunteer force with BS wars and the shrinking pool of qualified and commie student indoctrination. I'm surprised it has happened for years.

This is why I'm okay with a 2 year draft. Make the no-load Karens learn disciple and appreciation for what they have. Weeks of Boot Camp makes men out of boys and women out of girls, providing it's stringent enough and not all Woke.

8 posted on 05/06/2022 11:43:26 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

What dumbasses. They go woke and then they kick trained soldiers out because they wouldn’t take the deadly jab. Four stars today have the brains of piss ants and the backbones of slugs.


9 posted on 05/06/2022 11:43:47 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi
Well, that's what happens when you deliberately unwind and condemn publicly the "toxic masculinity" that has been at the core of military service for thousands of years.

The aggressive young men that normally would join the military have received the message that it is no longer for them.

10 posted on 05/06/2022 11:43:52 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin (Sounds like a lot of malarkey to bewhat is this )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

Who wants to serve with sexual deviants and gender confused weirdos?


11 posted on 05/06/2022 11:44:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi
Vaccine mandates.

Stupid cultural indoctrination called "training".

Abandoning civilians in a war zone.

Threats on expressing conservative viewpoints.

What's not to look forward to?

12 posted on 05/06/2022 11:45:56 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: A Navy Vet

Resumption of the Draft will have another salient effect: immigration of all flavors will drop significantly.

Illegals should still be responsible to sign up (they are even now), but should be told that they will do only the dirty jobs - think latrine detail for two years straight - after which they will still be liable for deportation. They will not be trusted with firearms of any sort.

Should be an eye opener for the average Third World Opportunist.


13 posted on 05/06/2022 11:48:16 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: All

That’s OK, they couldn’t arm them anyway, having given all the weapons away to the Taliban and Zelensky.


14 posted on 05/06/2022 11:52:22 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SE Mom

Most importantly, hatred of straight white males and nonstop calling them racists, terrorists, and extremists. That has done wonders for recruiting.

You are right — none of the brass will ask “What could have caused this?”


15 posted on 05/06/2022 11:52:40 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Instead of criminalizing guns, we need to criminalize criminals.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

How’s that ‘woke’ stuff working out for you?


16 posted on 05/06/2022 11:54:23 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FLT-bird
Veterans' Lives Matter! Not with Brandon and his left wing congreSSits. One of my relatives served a year in Nam with the Big Red One. He was exposed to Agent Orange and is one of the survivors. His future treatments for this killer may be in jeopardy to treat illegals.


17 posted on 05/06/2022 11:57:21 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

Unfortunately, the Pentagram and the Dept of the Army will conclude that they need to go even more woke and have more indoctrination sessions.


18 posted on 05/06/2022 11:58:37 AM PDT by euram
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi

The US has already been taken. Our military participated. Very distressing.


19 posted on 05/06/2022 12:02:20 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cathi
No big surprise here (other than admitting the overall problem)... Who could actually dare to address the underlying issues causing this (career suicide assured!)
20 posted on 05/06/2022 12:02:30 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottomhttps://youtu.be/ycrqXJYf1SU-line")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-83 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson