and those that joined get out earlier than they planned. trace: the army down 20% recruiting goals coming you re saying it s on the money, not after the money but after the pride and they don t feel it. that s right, they need all of it and deserve more pay as well, i ve been pushing to have the military base pay for and listed especially the junior enlisted, they make literally 21,000 a year, people don t realize that and that equates to $12 a lower if you normalize it in and out that employees make $20 an hour with things in perspective, i been pushing to get it lower than minimum wage for junior enlisted up to 32,000 and a couple of other things we can do to enhance quality of life, but if the leadership is not there making the correct decisions and investing in the troops and the readiness levels, it is a very dire picture in terms of recruitment. trace: which is the last question, maybe it s all the money, but how do you solve the pride, somebody looking out? we need the p
will: the author spoke to an army lieutenant general. the army is nowhere near meeting its recruiting goals. it lowered the goals by 10,000 and missed them by 15,000. most american kids, unqualified for the military, and criminal history, if you lower standards. and get more problems in the future. to say it is movies and how movies are portraying vets, there are hollywood movies where every that has posttraumatic stress all the time is a walking time bomb ready to explode, that s not a fair portrayal of most vets. they are not superheroes, they are humans. if you look at the vaccine mandates which pushed high
all it was, a lot of people could take it. the problem, what kanye was bringing up in interview with tucker carlson, the name-calling threatens peoples livelihoods. people self-sensor, soviet union style, right? or they risk hurting their families if they speak the truth. we cannot have a country where this exists anymore this is not america. we have to be able to have a debate and a have both sides speaking and i think, what the left is trying to do is create an environment where there is no debate. then they win. meet pete i never like teachers that show my work on the math problem but we should ask of people telling us to be silenced show their work. give me a little bit of your evidence on that. yeah. pete: on to another topic which is quite unfortunate, first of all you know the recruiting goals of the military, they can t meet them right now. they re not getting enough
that s a division that they can t staff with new privates. rachel: wow. pete: the national guard lost 7500 service members not to mention people pushed out because of covid vaccine. now, the navy, marine corps and air force, usually they re way ahead of their goal even when the year begins because they ve already got recruits stacked to come in for that fiscal year. the marine corps has only meant 30% of the goal, air force and navy 10%. so they re behind the recruiting goals for next year, and somehow sending them to fort liberty instead of fort bragg is going to solve our problems. will: you know, we talked about this earlier in the show, what could contribute to this. you both forwarded the idea that, look, it s an extension of go woke, go broke. the type of individuals who want to go into the united states military aren t the type of individuals who want that to be like every other aspect of society. i wonder if it s part of just delaying adulthood. people don t can be get jobs as
the pitch in a recruiting environment charging every branch of the military. media flights, the aerial demonstration you see behind me, all part of getting the air force s message out to the public of potential recruits. we re all competing for the best talent to our nation whether to serve in uniform, serve in some other capacity, go into industry, and so, for us, we ve got to actually, in some cases, we have to work a little harder because the competition is working. reporter: the air force expects to hit its recruiting targets this year but only after it offered quick ship bonuses, a way of pulling from next year s numbers to fill this year s holes. the navy or marine corps are at or below recruiting goals this year, but in the army, the math is dire. the service is at 70% of its active duty recruiting goal. that s 30,000 soldiers short. people talk about the all volunteer force, we re really the all recruited force. it s relatively rare to have a