That’s expected to be per year though, ain’t it? Which means the air force will be about 40,000 underneath it’s wanted amount? 40,000 seems like a large percentage of the ~330,000 reported as their ranks in 2021. The navy has a hair more personnel, I believe, around 350k? So 24,000 below that, not quite 10%. Those numbers probably aren’t telling the full story, either. If the overall quality of the enlisted suffers, oof. Maybe those 10,000 that aren’t coming in now were the smarter ones.
Seems a bit hyperbolic considering the numbers.
That’s expected to be per year though, ain’t it? Which means the air force will be about 40,000 underneath it’s wanted amount? 40,000 seems like a large percentage of the ~330,000 reported as their ranks in 2021. The navy has a hair more personnel, I believe, around 350k? So 24,000 below that, not quite 10%. Those numbers probably aren’t telling the full story, either. If the overall quality of the enlisted suffers, oof. Maybe those 10,000 that aren’t coming in now were the smarter ones.