From the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast

Center, the Armstrong and Joe Getty, the Armstrong and Getty Show.

So interestingly enough, oh, we kicked off the show. I always pointed on a very general manager.

This morning it was America's youth crazy confused and weak. I think I said, and part of that

was based on what General Jack Keen said on Fox News the other day. But it's interesting.

This just came out from the Washington Times. The Army is shifting about a billion dollars,

a billion to recruiting programs. And will rely more heavily on reserves, units as its ranks,

dwindle and they struggle to attract new soldiers. They don't mention it, but new soldiers

who can pass the tests and get into the armed services. And on that topic, the retired general.

The US Army facing unprecedented challenges in recruiting new troops. It's only halfway

to its goal for this year. The Army says this is the most challenging recruiting environment

since the creation of the all volunteer force. Let's bring in Fox News Senior Strategic

Analyst General Jack Keen, former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army. Now Chairman of the

Institute for the Study of War, obviously general. These were issues that were important

to you in your former role in terms of how to build a strong fighting force at the right

numbers. What do you think?

Yeah, this is pretty challenging. We've had an all volunteer force since the end of

Vietnam war in 1975. And we've had our ups and downs before with recruiting. But this

one is particularly significant. I mean, there's two real issues here. One is the eligibility

pool itself. And that is those who are qualified to meet the requirements of the United States

military. That number is down to 23%. When I was on active duty, we were concerned when

it was at 35%. So 75% plus of American youth are not qualified to be in its military.

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