WE: There is a serious shortage of military in the US due to the refusal of Americans to serve

MOSCOW, May 14 – RIA Novosti. The United States is facing a shortage of military personnel due to the reluctance of young people to join the ranks of the country’s Armed Forces. Writer Thomas Spohr, columnist for The Washington Examiner.

The American military has voluntarily enlisted since 1973. Since then, there have only been a handful of recruitment challenges (in 1999, 2005, and 2018) due to economic booms or losses in conflict.

Representatives of the military department predict that 2022 will be the most difficult year in the history of the existence of contract troops. As the columnist clarified, the Armed Forces had to cut back by 12,000 because they couldn’t find enough soldiers. The US Air Force resupply personnel with great difficulty. The Marine Corps faced a similar problem.

According to Spohr, this is due to Washington’s fiasco in Afghanistan last year. After the indiscriminate withdrawal of the Union from this country, the confidence of many residents of the United States in the military seriously fell, the author is sure.

He also drew attention to the important role of veterans in raising the prestige of military service. They could tell the youth about their abuses in the war. The journalist complained that every year the number of such people in American society is gradually decreasing.