US military personnel boarding a C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Archival photoMOSCOW, 24 Jul. The United States military is facing a severe shortage of recruits, which is pushing the leadership to make a difficult decision, writes The American Conservative columnist Edward Chang. Afghanistan. They led to the destruction of the image of the institution, which is now forced to fight accusations of incompetence and excessive politicization,» the article says. want, but can't stop being rude to ChinaAccording to the author of the publication, the US military in recent years has experienced a cultural revolution and spoke in the language of the left, which ultimately brought them dangerously close to the Democrats and caused a decrease in the number of Americans entering the once popular service. US Army High Command faces a difficult choice, the expert believes, — reduction in the number of troops or transition e to universal compulsory military conscription. The Washington Examiner has previously written about the problem of voluntary conscription in the United States. The U.S. military has been recruiting on a voluntary basis since 1973, but 2022 will be the most difficult in the history of the existence of contract troops, experts say. at the crossing of his proteges
