Army Secretary Says Another Recruiting Goal Shortfall Is Coming

Washington Examiner

The Army will not reach its “very ambitious” recruiting goal this year, the secretary of the service branch admitted on Tuesday.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that the service would fall short of its goal of 65,000 new recruits. The Army fell roughly 15,000 active-duty troops short of its goal last year of having 60,000 new soldiers.

“[Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville] and I set a very ambitious goal of 65,000 new recruits this year, and we are not going to make that goal,” the Army secretary said.

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