FRIDAY PDBย โย It's time for a national security strategy for military recruiting. Our armed forces are shrinking in size and capacity. The current crisis in military recruiting qualifies as a direct threat to U.S. national security.
In just two years, the active-duty Army has shrunk from 485,000 to only 452,000 troops. It expects to fall short of its recruiting goals again this year. The Navy and Air Force are predicting shortfalls as well. As a result, our nation will have understrength Army formations, Navy ships and Air Force squadronsโat a time when America is depending on its military to a greater degree than in the previous three decades.
The recruitment crisis is fueled by a variety of factors. Among them: a strong labor market paired with noncompetitive compensation, a declining number of Americans qualified for service, concerns about politicization, a fear of injury, and a general decline in patriotism felt by young people combined with a lack of familiarity with the military. (RELATED: Car Thieves Are On A Child Recruiting Mission)
We need a strategy to fix this ASAP โ OR MAYBE WE JUST NEED A DRAFT.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expertย PAUL CRESPO.
Not theย President's Daily Brief, but almost as good โย PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING โ the PDB:
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
Six months after new abortion leave policy, Pentagon doesn't know how many troops have used it. As an Alabama senator's ongoing protest over the Pentagon's abortion leave policy has left three service chief positions vacant, a key question remains: How many service members have used the policy to seek abortions?
EASY FIX โ STOP ILLEGAL TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTION TRAVEL โย Liberal Veterans group calls on Rick Scott to help break Tuberville hold on military promotions. VoteVets pressured Sen. Scott (R-Fla.) in a new political ad to help break Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on more than 300 military nominations over DoD's new abortion policy.
NATIONAL SECURITY
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater defense unity. Expected announcements include plans to expand cooperation on ballistic defenses and to hold the summit annually. There are also plans to launch a three-way crisis hotline and show progress in sharing early-warning data on missile launches.
Pentagon biodefense review points to Chinese, Russian threats. The DoD's biodefense review highlights Beijing's militarization of biological technology and research as a growing concern. (RELATED: Chinese Biolab In California Created Mice To Carry COVID-19)
Pentagon forms council to assess biothreats, coordinate response. The DoD leadership panel aims to shore up defenses against emerging biothreats, one of a series of steps outlined in a sweeping, first-of-its kind report that found gaps in preparation.
CHINA THREAT
War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan. Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan.
Water cannons and lasers: South China Sea standoff around World War II-era ship heats up. To assert its claim to a reef, the Philippines ran BRP Sierra Madre aground 2ยฝ decades ago and keeps a few marines garrisoned there. China objects.
RUSSIA THREAT โย UKRAINE WAR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 541. Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that Ukraine lost four US-supplied Stryker armored vehicles in a successful Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region. It was the first time Russia has claimed to haveย hit these US military vehicles.
US intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive's key goal. Thwarted by minefields, Ukrainian forces won't manage to reach the city of Melitopol, a vital Russian transit hub. (RELATED: โGray Hair' โ Putin's Brutal Choice To Replace Chief Of Wagner Mercenaries)
Ukraine combat drone damages building in central Moscow. Moscow's mayor says a Ukrainian drone shot down by air defenses and debris falls on the city's Expo Center causing damage.
The Dutch defense minister says US has approved the delivery of Dutch F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. It is a major gain for Kyiv even though the fighters won't have an immediate impact on the war.
Pentagon open to host F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots in the US. Team Biden is willing to host training on F-16 fighters in the U.S. if additional capacity is needed.
Get Ukraine the airpower it needs before it's too late. As the war grinds on in Ukraine, with every kilometer reclaimed from invading Russian forces costing more lives, firepower, and time, the U.S. and its allied partners must do everything possible to empower Ukrainian forces to achieve success.
SPACE THREAT
Space Force gets its first targeting squadron. A new unit activated recently at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., is the branch's first-ever targeting squadron, designed to scope out adversary space capabilities and present options to the joint force on how to neutralize them.
HOMELAND SECURITY
FAIR OR GROSS OVERKILL? โ Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case. Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN DISASTER
What is happening inside the Afghan resistance? โThe only reason Afghans aren't standing up against the Taliban right now is the perception that the Taliban are supported by the U.S.โ
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Niger's neighbors running out of options as defense chiefs meet to discuss potential military force. West African defense chiefs met Thursday to discuss the crisis in Niger after coup leaders there ignored their deadline to step down, leaving few options to restore democratic rule.
Troops guard Pakistani Christians after mob torches churches. Troops have cordoned off a Christian settlement in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob vandalized and torched several churches and scores of houses after two men living there were accused of desecrating the Koran. (RELATED: India Celebrates Second โMarch For Life' In Country's Storied History)
Japan scrambles jets after Russian planes spotted over Sea of Japan, East China Sea. This, after two Russian IL-38 intelligence-gathering aircraft were spotted flying back and forth between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.
US MILITARY
Defense: Marine believed missing teen found in his Camp Pendleton barracks was at least 21.ย The Marine, charged with assaulting the 14-year-old girl, was in court Thursday for his preliminary hearing. No decision regarding whether he should face court martial was made.
END of PDB
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11 Comments
yes…if nothing else it’ll make libs scramble to get out of the country like it did in Nam days.
But, other than 58,000 lives and many times more permanently disabled, what did we gain in Vietnam.
NO to the draft, even if females are in the mix. Way too many ways that ‘important’ people manage to avoid it.
A resounding YES to UMT (universal military training) or a stint in the peace corps or some such for legit reasons such as medical issues. That makes sure everyone has skin in the game.
When cockroaches are running the military, we don’t need a draft. Rather, we need a pest exterminator to get rid of the infestation, and replace them with top-quality service men and true leaders. Then, and only then, enlistments will automatically start going up.
There is such a pest exterminator out there. And I’ll be voting for him in 2024. Along with the rest of the country. MAGA!!!
They never should have stopped it in the first place. We would have a whole lot less snowflakes walking around. The military would have made men and women out of them.
The solution is not to reinstitute a draft. The solution is to address the REAL problems. Growing numbers of young people want nothing to do with the military because…
…they are taught and propagandized in public schools to hate and despise our country
…the U. S. military’s ‘woke’ policies and practices are something a growing number of young people have no desire to be subjected to
The military needs to immediately reverse course and return to the high standards, expectations, and morality they once held that were so well respected and desirable. We need to take back our schools, widely implement school choice and allow the schools that continue to fail to disappear forever.
It is no wonder that people are not wanting to join up: the way the career military was treated over this COVID crap would discourage anyone from joining! Career military members were thrown out for not wanting to take the experimental shots, thus ending their careers, and costing a great loss of experienc,and talented manpower. Why sign on when you have seen this fiasco in action?
Update Draft:
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Screen recruits
I remember the greasy low life burned-out roaches from the 60
s. Singing songs and carrying signs. They thought the world owed them a living. Here comes Steven Stills singing= If you can
t be with the one you love honey! Love the one youre with. Next, come aids and returning soldiers from Vietnam with heroin addiction. The people in power right now are on the wrong path. Shutting down our energy supply and blaming Russia for it? Food stamps and welfare were supposed to be temporary. Since Lyndon Baines Johnson we have 3 generations that have made this a lifestyle. Why do you think we have millions rushing our borders? They are no longer illegals they are said migrants. Would anyone with a brain want to support any of this? I
m tired of footing the bill for you freeloaders. If you stand up for yourselves you are the one going to jail. In my businesses, I have had stolen from me over $500,000.00. Take the criminal element to court and all you get is a bill for court costs. They dont jail people for not paying small claims. A big example is Jan 6. questioning voter fraud. My insurance went up because of BLM and Antifa.
s politics are turned the right side up. When I donWhen our country
t have to fear a jail sentence for protecting myself and my loved ones. I pity some people because I
m ready to rip some lips off.No need for a draft. Get rid of the looney tunes at the top including the incognative CinC, the incompetent flower girls(joint chief’s of staff) and the floundering senior officers in the Pentagon. I almost wanted to cry for an youn man who recently completed college and told me that he was off to OCS followed, hopefully by Pensacola. I asked him, “Why?” His response was, “It’s a patriotic thing.” 60 years ago, I would have agreed. I still wanted to agree because of his patriotic enthusiasm, but….
Bring back Congressional approval before starting any war!