Are US Military Recruiting Shortfalls Caused in Part by Increasing Risk of US Stumbling into a Great Power War?

My latest news interview in which I identify the likely causes of the recently reported US military recruitment shortfall and its potential impact to US military readiness

This past week I was interviewed again by Sputnik News regarding my opinions regarding the most likely causes of recent US military recruitment shortfall reported by NBC News and its potential impact to US military readiness. Here is a link to their article with the text included below. After watching this side by side comparison of US Army v. Russian Army recruitment videos, I am pleasantly surprised that even 9% of young Americans want to serve in the US military in which I proudly served many years ago as a combat arms officer.

US military forces are struggling to meet their fiscal year 2022 recruiting goals with the Army having achieved only 40 percent of its recruiting goals so far. What message does the emerging trend send to the Pentagon?

Virtually every branch of the US military is facing recruiting difficulties this year, according to NBC News. The pool of those eligible to join the military has been steadily shrinking because of health issues, drug use or criminal records.

An internal Pentagon survey shows that only 9 percent of young Americans eligible to serve had any inclination to do so with roughly half of all US youths surveyed anticipating emotional, psychological and physical problems in the Army. There is a good reason behind these concerns, according to David T Pyne, an EMP Task Force scholar and former US Department of Defense officer.