"Army Recruiting Crisis Linked to Right's Anti-Woke Rhetoric"

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth pushed back against Republican criticisms that the military is going too "woke," arguing that such critiques are deepening an already troubling recruiting crisis. The military is contending with its worst recruiting crisis since switching to an all-volunteer model over a half century ago, with all branches coming up short of expectations. The Army, the country’s largest military branch, has been particularly hard hit by the crisis, coming up 15,000 recruits short of meeting its fiscal year 2022 goals. Wormuth acknowledged that the perception that the military has gone "woke" was contributing to military recruiting woes, though she argued the problem was being caused by political rhetoric and not any military policies.