{"id":48939,"date":"2022-12-26T18:43:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/26\/can-the-army-fill-its-ranks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:18:19","slug":"can-the-army-fill-its-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/26\/can-the-army-fill-its-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Army fill its ranks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Army rolls along into 2023, everyone from recruiters to senior leaders to Congress are closely monitoring whether the Army will be able to shore up its recruiting and stem the end strength freefall that the service is currently experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service experienced a shortfall of 15,000 recruits in fiscal 2022, which caused it to miss its congressionally-authorized end strength by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/05\/army-ended-fiscal-2022-short-almost-20000-soldiers-chief-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 20,000 soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/10\/an-end-strength-crisis-is-here-for-the-army\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/swearing-in-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">An end strength crisis is here for the Army<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There\u2019s no sugarcoating it: all three components of the Army missed their required end strength for fiscal 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And service officials have expressed fear that they won\u2019t be able to rebound in fiscal 2023, telling Congress they think they will shrink to between 445,000 and 452,000 troops. Lawmakers responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy23_ndaa_agreement_summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">cutting their authorization<\/a> to 452,000 in the compromise version of the defense policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not clear how the continuing decline in manning will impact operations, though service officials insist that the Army will be able to meet all of its requirements with fewer troops, indicating that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/07\/29\/army-may-restructure-brigade-combat-teams-amid-recruiting-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\">potential restructuring of brigade combat teams<\/a> could help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other efforts are underway to bolster recruiting efforts, like resurrecting the classic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/02\/army-to-use-old-slogan-for-new-recruits\/\" target=\"_blank\">be all you can 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