U.S. MILITARY SHRINKING WITH ONLY 23% OF CITIZENS QUALIFIED FOR ENLISTMENT

SSTN SPECIAL REPORT
Mark Matheny

Last month, the US was announcing it would spend yet another $325 million to replace tanks destroyed by Russia during Ukraine’s costly and failed counteroffensive. The hard economic costs and depletion or arsenals, however, should not be Washington’s only concern: since 2020, merely 23% of young Americans (aged 17-24) are “eligible for military service without a waiver” and most ineligible youth are disqualified “for multiple reasons”, such as overweight, poor medical health, and drug abuse. source: Global Research