We are alienating the population we are trying to recruit. Unlikely for soy boys to sign up. I am sure a few of them do but not enough. We needed to downsize our military anyway except for the Navy to preserve the freedom of the seas.
My understanding is the the Pentagon and DoD have accepted they are going to be down roughly 100K in manpower for the coming year. *shrugs*
I am not sure of all this was intended or purposeful or otherwise. But the results and effects are speaking for themselves, all the while, we keep sabre rattling. Baffling.