The Army is struggling to get recruits, but refuses to lower its standards

Summary

This article by Jonathan Ahl, writing for St. Louis Public Radio, makes the following points:

• With less than three months left in its recruiting year, the Army has signed up only 40 per cent of the recruits it needs.
• General McConville said the Army was currently in a war for 'talent' with civilian companies also trying to fill their ranks.
• The recruitment problem is the number of enlistment-age people who can't meet the Army's standards. 
• According to the Pentagon, more than 70 per cent of 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for the military because they are overweight, undereducated or have criminal records.

References

References from the Web:

• JUN 2022 Every branch of the military is struggling to make its 2022 recruiting goals, officials say—NBC News 
• JUN 2022 Army Swiftly Backpedals on Policy Dropping High School Diploma Requirement—Militaty.com 
• JUL 2022 With few able and fewer willing, US military can’t find recruits—Boston Globe

Source Information:

• Article Source: St. Louis Public Radio
• Media Check: STLPR - About us - (Media Bias Fact Check unavailable)
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