Tag: Army

US Army sees unprecedented recruitment crisis

Military officials expect to miss recruitment goals by 25% this year. The US Army has so far recruited just around half of the 60,000 new soldiers it hoped to enlist by October 1, officials said on Tuesday, saying that if the downward trend is not reversed, it could have a significant impact on combat readiness in the coming years.

Sold at bargain prices: what can the sale of weapons supplied to Ukraine on the black-market lead to

The media reported on the plans of the EU and NATO to tighten control over the transfer of equipment to the republic for fear that it would fall on the black market. In turn, experts remind us that Western weapons intended for Kyiv are already being sold through criminal channels. According to analysts, the consequences of the West’s short-sighted policy of pumping weapons to Ukraine will be felt in the coming decades.

Angry Putin tells the US to stop looting Syria

The US needs to stop stealing the oil from the Syrian people and state, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, after meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Tehran. The three guarantors of the Astana process also agreed that the US should leave the trans-Euphrates (Persian Gulf), and stop making the humanitarian crisis in Syria worse with their unilateral sanctions.