Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston meets with international sergeant majors at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., March 15, 2023. (Laura Buchta/Army)
Army Times: Soldiers under ‘enormous strain,’ warns Army’s top enlisted leader
Even though America’s longest war has drawn to an end, soldiers continue to face a breakneck operational tempo, and for the time being, there seems to be little chance of respite as the Army is left short-handed amid a recruiting crisis.
“We have an enormous strain on soldiers,” Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston said earlier this month. “We’re busier now than we ever have been.”
The Army’s top enlisted leader recently issued the dire warning at the Fires Symposium in Lawton, Oklahoma, calling current strains on personnel a “huge concern” for him, according to a release by the Association of the United States Army.
The high operations tempo, coupled with the shrinking size of the force, means that soldiers are being asked to do more with less.
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WNU Editor: The message that I get from the above is clear. The U.S. Army is not ready for a full-peer conflict against a country like Russia or China.
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