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The Pentagon "is facing its most challenging recruitment environment in 50 years," according to the Government Accountability Office, the main federal watchdog, in a report that frames recruitment and retention as one of the critical "challenges to national security."
Recent Pentagon data indicates the Army and Navy have fallen well short of their recruitment goals this fiscal year, posing a threat to national security.