[ti:US Army Recruiting Problems Linked to Traditional Concerns]
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[00:00.04]U.S. Army officials say recent drops
[00:03.92]in the number of people signing up for military service
[00:08.16]appear to be linked to traditional fears and concerns.
[00:13.76]Government data shows the Army came up
[00:17.56]25 percent short of its goal last year
[00:21.68]to recruit 60,000 new soldiers.
[00:25.68]But Army officials have taken several steps
[00:30.12]to try to bring recruitment numbers back up.
[00:34.00]These include the launch of newly established programs,
[00:39.52]advertising campaigns and incentives.
[00:43.84]One incentive pays recruiters an extra $4,500 per quarter
[00:51.96]if they increase their current recruitment requirements.
[00:57.08]One program also permits young new soldiers in lower positions
[01:03.16]to get a higher position if they identify a recruit
[01:07.92]who later joins the Army.
[01:10.36]Army Secretary Christine Wormuth
[01:14.24]said the Army has set a goal this year
[01:17.72]to bring in 65,000 recruits.
[01:21.88]That would be 20,000 more than in 2022.
[01:27.16]Wormuth said it is difficult to predict how that effort will go.
[01:33.76]But she added that recruiters will need to do all they can
[01:38.84]just to beat last year's numbers.
[01:42.08]"I would say it is a stretch goal," she said.
[01:46.88]Guiding the Army's efforts are results of opinion studies,
[01:52.44]also called surveys, that seek to learn the reasons
[01:57.32]young people dismiss the Army as a career choice.
[02:02.16]The studies – involving about 600 people aged 16 to 28
[02:08.96]– were carried out last spring and summer.
[02:13.08]While the Army discussed the general results
[02:16.84]with reporters from the Associated Press,
[02:20.04]it did not provide information on the survey methods.
[02:25.28]Officials said the survey results showed that young people
[02:30.60]simply do not see the Army
[02:33.28]as a safe place or a good career path.
[02:37.96]In addition, many young people said military service
[02:41.96]would force them to put their lives
[02:44.68]and careers on hold if they joined.
[02:48.72]Some American lawmakers had partly blamed
[02:53.00]the Army's recruiting problems on the idea
[02:56.80]that "wokeness" is influencing the military.
[03:01.28]"Wokeness" is a term that began as a way to describe
[03:06.16]attentiveness to issues of racial and social justice.
[03:11.72]Some people and groups, especially conservatives,
[03:16.36]now use the word in a derogatory way
[03:20.08]to express their opposition to wokeness.
[03:23.96]Republican Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana
[03:28.44]has said the administration of President Joe Biden's
[03:32.80]"woke" policies are "driving down
[03:36.36]military recruitment and retention."
[03:39.64]A spokesman for Banks said a top goal for the congressman
[03:45.44]will be to fight "wokeness" at the Defense Department.
[03:49.64]Banks and other Republican lawmakers
[03:53.60]have also expressed opposition
[03:56.28]to military efforts to target extremism,
[04:00.40]provide instruction on critical race theory
[04:04.36]and other efforts to expand diversity.
[04:08.92]Critical race theory is a way of understanding American society
[04:14.68]that places great importance on how race
[04:18.56]shaped its politics and culture.
[04:21.76]However, the Army says that on average,
[04:26.08]only 5 percent of people involved in the study
[04:30.20]listed "wokeness" as an issue.
[04:33.56]About 13 percent said they believed women and minorities
[04:39.00]would face discrimination
[04:41.20]and not get the same chances in the Army.
[04:45.36]Major General Alex Fink is the head of marketing for the Army.
[04:51.36]He told The Associated Press
[04:54.36]the top three reasons young people give
[04:57.72]for rejecting military service
[05:00.36]are the same across all the services.
[05:03.72]They include fear of death,
[05:06.88]worries about war-caused medical conditions
[05:10.76]and leaving friends and families – in that order.
[05:15.16]He said the Army is seeking a better understanding
[05:19.60]of any additional barriers recruits might currently see.
[05:25.44]Fink added that a majority of young people
[05:29.24]"just don't see the Army as something that's relevant."
[05:34.64]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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