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| US Army strength in 2024 will reach its lowest level since 1941 |
| 2023-12-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [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. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #19 Americans do not understand what Americans own, Procopius2k. I had no idea it went beyond assembly kits for AR-15s. But do all those very large, interesting devices have steady sources for ammunition? I remember badanov writing about the gyrations shooters went through just to get the ordinary stuff during the last bullet shortage, when Barack Obama was president. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-12-18 21:16 |
| #18 Do foreign armies understand what American citizens (aka the real militia) own? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-18 20:03 |
| #17 we have veritable armies of leftists, islamists and others on our soil now they even control a huge portion of academia, a huge portion of the media and huge portion of govt |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-12-18 18:09 |
| #16 ^Loot |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-18 17:33 |
| #15 Why would a foreign army seek to invade and destroy us when we are liable to finish ourselves off without their effort? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 17:19 |
| #14 Pancho Villa 1916 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-18 13:42 |
| #13 Again I will say, Thank the LORD for the oceans that protect us. No foreign army on US soil since 1814. Battle of Resaca de la Palma 1846. Guam 1941. Attu and Kiska 1942. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-18 13:37 |
| #12 World of Trouble: Conscription on the Table as European Militaries Dwindle |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-18 13:33 |
| #11 May be this why the Ukraine war exits? The M.I.C. needs a war to survive |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-12-18 13:09 |
| #10 Woke is Broke. Next step is to trade illegals citizenship for military service. They are following the path of Rome. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-12-18 12:30 |
| #9 Unless you count what is coming over the border currently |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 11:50 |
| #8 Again I will say, Thank the LORD for the oceans that protect us. No foreign army on US soil since 1814. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-12-18 11:40 |
| #7 Angry |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:43 |
| #6 San Francisco’s first-ever Office of Reparations is among the programs gutted by Mayor London Breed’s budget cuts. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-18 10:37 |
| #5 Weakness is our strength. Beware of our argue horde of chestfeeders. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:34 |
| #4 Self inflicted wound (which in traditional military justice invokes punitive punishment to the miscreants). The old 'bad economy easy recruiting' meme is no longer is in effect. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-18 10:31 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Jack Creanter7508 2023-12-18 07:47 |
| #2 US Army faces 'TikTok mutiny' as Gen Z recruits whine about low pay, 'sh***y' food and FITNESS TESTS while on bases in uniform |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-18 05:40 |
| #1 And a million of "legal" illegals every year. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-18 00:41 |