” In WW2 and civil war we could find the correct men because eventually they would show up.
We might still have those men, somewhere, but it would be a rush to find them before lasting damage has been done. “
I don’t think the manpower is available, now. At the end of WW2 the USA had 60 percent of age 18-29 in the US military.
Today the US military says that only 23 percent of the 17-24 population is even capable of military service.
And every Western country is exactly the same.
“””””Today the US military says that only 23 percent of the 17-24 population is even capable of military service.”””””
That isn’t 100% accurate, what they say is that for enlistment standards at that moment in time, standards are flexible and vary from period to period and branch to branch.