America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops

America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops

Coverage of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza is mostly dominated by talk of weapons. Reporters and analysts focus on suicide drones, on shell deficits, on targeting algorithms. But for all the attention devoted to modern weapons and munitions, both conflicts are proving that modern war still comes down to people. In Ukraine, battlefield deaths […]

America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the...

View: https://x.com/voxdotcom/status/1830215966136910187 America did away with the draft 51 years ago, waging its many wars and interventions since with the All-Volunteer Force (AVF). But "all-volunteer" is a misnomer. Americans aren't lining up to serve, and the AVF is really an all-recruited force. Its previous annual recruitment of about 150,000 mostly young Americans, who are individually located, pitched, and incentivized to …