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Future Perfect


Future Perfect
The US military’s recruiting crisis, explained.
By Gil Barndollar and Matthew C. Mai
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Join nowGil Barndollar is a non-resident fellow at Defense Priorities and a senior research fellow at the Catholic University of America’s Center for the Study of Statesmanship, where he studies the All-Volunteer Force. He served as a U.S. Marine from 2009 to 2016.


The US military’s recruiting crisis, explained.