For the second straight year, the Army announced that it has fallen well short of its recruiting goals. The shortfall this year reached 10,000 troops, which follows a 2022 shortfall of 15,000. Experts say that the lack of interest in the armed forces among otherwise military-minded young people stems largely from the Pentagon’s recent shift toward embracing controversial ideologies and practices rooted in critical race theory (CRT) and gender identity confusion.
Earlier this week, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters that the shortage is due to “a lot of things happening that are outside of the United States Army’s ability to control.” She went on to argue that “the job market has changed very significantly over the last 20 years — and we have not, frankly.”
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