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[Regnum] In 2024, The United States will have its smallest military in more than 80 years. Under the $886 billion defense bill passed by Congress, the total number of active-duty military personnel in the United States will be reduced to 1.28 million, the Daily Mail reported. .
“This is the lowest figure since the United States entered World War II in 1941,” the publication indicated.
"This is due, in particular, to the problem of recruitment into the army. The goals set for this indicator were not achieved in the Navy and Air Force. As I specified. O. Deputy Department of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Ashish Vazirani, the shortfall in 2023 in the ground forces, navy and air force amounted to 41,000 people.
He noted that those born after 1997 have a low level of trust in government institutions and fewer and fewer representatives of this generation are guided by traditional life values and follow the path of career growth.
Vazirani recalled that if two decades ago 25% of young people did not think about serving in the army, now this figure has exceeded 50%, which has led to a gap between the military and a significant part of society.
As reported by IA Regnum, former Pentagon adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor On October 22, he stated thatthe US Army is exhausted and is experiencing a shortage of people. According to him, the US Armed Forces that existed in 1991 no longer exist. He added that at the moment the United States cannot afford to participate in any conflict due to exhaustion from senseless occupation wars.
Former Fox News TV presenter Tucker Carlson also spoke about the weakening of the United States Army. In his opinion, it isweaker than at any time in the last 50 yearsdue to the senseless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the policy of the American Department of Defense in general.< /span>
US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth at a hearing on April 20, said that the country's Armed Forces are facing a reduction in structure due to the ongoing situation with a shortage of recruits. She emphasized that already in 2023 the country faces a challenge related to the inability to recruit a sufficient number of volunteers into the troops. This year, 64 thousand new military personnel are expected to join the ranks of the American army. In 2024, the US authorities intend to recruit another 65.5 thousand soldiers.
At the end of December, the Fox News channel disseminated information that the United States Army was missing 15,000 recruits, which is almost 25% of planned number of conscripts.
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