Naval Academy might be an blip exception?
From Sept.
‘Applications for West Point, Annapolis drop as recruiting woes hit service academies’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/7/applications-west-point-annapolis-drop-recruiting-/
The Air Force Academy also reports a 28% drop in applications between the classes of 2025 and 2026..
I guess my numbers were older. Still 15,000 applicants for 1,000 spots can’t be an emergency quite yet. Thank you for the article!