Military recruiting crisis.
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Anonymous
Anonymous
Who wants to join the military when we have our nose stuck in large and serious ongoing conflicts on two continents? Hopefully Harris will be the quality of leader we have desperately been missing and can lead the world out of these wars and away from WWW3. She is our only hope until 2028. |
Anonymous
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For people with broken sarcasm detectors, the 2023 goal was 65,000 which they missed. The 2024 goal was 55,000 which they apparently hit. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/army/2023/10/army-plans-major-changes-to-recruiting-after-falling-short-of-2023-goals/ |
Anonymous
Lolololol Hahahahahahahsha Harris is inept and the works knows it. Here are the facts: Under Bush Iraq War, War on Terror, Putin invades Georgia Under Obama - Afghanistan. Putin invades Ukraine. Formation of Isis due to bungled Iraq War pullout Under Trump - Abraham peace accords, meeting withN Korea for first time in half a century, Putin in check, ISIS destroyed, Afghan pullout put in place but Taliban kept breaking rules. No Americans killed by Taliban Under Biden - botched Afghan pullout, Taliban seizes control and billions of US equipment. Biden lifts Nordstream sanctions, Putin invades Ukraine. Iran launches missiles at US embassy. Doomsday clock moves closest to midnight since Cuban missile crisis. Looks as if though Biden wasn’t cognizant for most of his time in office so a Harris was leading things - which is way worse. We have an inept woman one heartbeat away from the nuclear codes. We’re in the brink of nuclear war and she crackles away. We need Trump back . No new wars, great economy, America first and back to kitchen table economics. Harris is a disaster |
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No one wants the join the military because there isn’t a reason to .
Men won’t want to join because why would they fight for a country that hates them and tells them daily they’re all mansplaining, misogynistic potential rapists? And fight for who? The corporations and a government that hates them and taxes them to death? Supposedly equal rights but only makes have to register for the draft? But isn’t the future female and all? Perceived or not that is what young men see. They see a society that doesn’t care that they have triple the suicide rates, not finishing school, not going to college, nor protecting its own borders and allowing floods of illegals in to undercut wages, high rates of failed marriages and no way to get ahead. The military used to be a place of warrior ethos, brotherhood and camaraderie. Our warrior brothers and sisters looked at each other and would be willing to take a bullet for each other. We were told we were there to fight and win. Our job was to win wars, now the military seems like a woke DEI experiment. At this point guys don’t see a reason to join. For the most part there is a country that routinely talks about how crappy men are on a daily basis, they have seen the odder generations (some of which are millennials even) go through horrible stuff to come back and get treated by crap by the country that sent them and a broken political system that wound as soon seen them used as cannon fodder that actually give two craps about their needs. This is what I hear from young men and what I heard from younger troops that had gotten out. I’m out now and wouldn’t encourage anyone to sign up |
Anonymous
| No one want to fight for Israel. |
Anonymous
Israelis do No one in the US is fighting for Israel. Posting this from your laptop in Tehran? How’s the weather in Iran today |
Anonymous
| Like the Roman empire, we will lean on foreigners to fill the ranks to keep the American Empire military |
Anonymous
I can't deny that the world was relatively peaceful when Trump was in office but there is no way any true American can vote for a guy that had the job previously and while on the job completely abandoned his role as Commander-in-Chief for hours during the one moment in his presidency he had the opportunity to show the American people he could handle the most important role of our Chief Executive. He failed miserably in that moment. No wars and a great economy are wonderful things right up until there is a 9/11 moment and your Commander-in-Chief goes AWOL. Trump simply can't be trusted as someone capable of handling the big moments that we have every few decades. |
Anonymous
Huh? The current president is AWOL mentally. No one at the helm, and inept VP and a SecDEF who disappeared for weeks! Talk about not showing up! The world is in flames and Biden spent a record number of days not there and on the beach. Trump has proven his record with peace, economic stability, good diplomacy and keeping tyrants in check. I’d prefer world peace to a person who is mentally incapable of forming sentences and a VP who is an empty suit who wants to be president. |
Anonymous
The big concern with Kamala is the same as it was with Biden, in that they can be easily talked into wars by interested parties. |
Anonymous
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Army
2022: 44,901 recruits 2023: 50,181 recruits 2024: 55,300 recruits These are the actual numbers. In addition the Army had 11,000 committed to the 2025 class through its delayed entry program, up from 4,600, which bodes well for next year. The problem will start hitting around 2026/27 when demographics kicks in. There are going to be fewer 18 year olds soon (a problem many countries are dealing with, ours isn’t as bad). The Marines always hit their goals and the space force is tiny and hits its goals. The Navy is having a hard time, they’ve been lowering standards. |
Anonymous
While Trump was in office, we had a situation where a mob of hundreds breached security at our nations Capitol Building while in session. Hundreds of people carrying who knows what weapons with who knows what intentions were roaming the halls claiming they were going to hang some of our most prominent lawmakers and government officials. This was a once in several decades national security event. What did Trump do? He refused to answer the phone, return messages, or respond to the pleas for his help and guidance for several hours. Trump has a proven record of incompetence and failure to act immediately in moments when his country needs him the most. That's a disqualifying factor. Any other POTUS, including the elderly Biden, would take the phone call and respond immediately in that moment. You know this is true. How can you ignore and deny it? |
Anonymous
| My son is in ROTC and a friend's son enlisted last month. Plenty are still joining. Lots of doomsday people here! |
Anonymous
No they do not.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/01/middleeast/ultra-orthodox-in-israel-defy-orders-to-serve-in-military-mime-intl/index.html How the weather in Gaza. Killed any babies today? Anyone who supports Israel is disgusting. |