Granted, war isn't good for recruitment. Volunteer figures were never worse in America as they were during the Korean War and Viet Nam.
"Granted, war isn't good for recruitment. Volunteer figures were never worse in America as they were during the Korean War and Viet Nam."
Part of the problem is that we're flogging the troops really hard, including the National Guard.
If we had 18 divisions like we did during the Cold War, as well as an adequate Reserve/NG to back them up, then we would not be subjecting our troops to the present deployment pace.