Skip to main content
Back to Show
Amanpour & Co.

Why Is the U.S. Military Struggling to Find Recruits? Reporter Explains

The U.S. Army's 2024 recruiting target is some 10,000 fewer recruits than last year. And yet the Army is struggling to fill the ranks. Missy Ryan, National Security and Defense Reporter at the Washington Post, finds a range of reasons for this shortfall -- from changing norms within American society to mistrust of its institutions. Ryan joins the show to discuss.

Support Provided By
Season
January 15, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:54
Mohammad Marandi; Nazenin Ansari; Phil Gunson; Andrew Ross Sorkin
January 14, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
Jomana Karadsheh; Elliott Abrams; Kaouther Ben Hania; Mike Fox
January 13, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:55
Nazanin Boniadi; Nina Khrushcheva; Jacob Soboroff; Kenneth Rosen
January 12, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:52
Abbas Milani; Douglas Holtz-Eakin; Ben Markovits; Shawn Hubler
January 9, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:42
Jared Genser; Ethan Hawke; Carol Leonnig; Aaron C. Davis
January 8, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Sen. Bernie Sanders; Paula Newton; Christopher Lockyear; David Frum
January 7, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:54
Juan Manuel Santos; Karim Sadjadpour; Ian Bremmer
January 6, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:20
Sen. Angus King; Juan González; Oleksandr Merezhko; Jason Stanley
January 5, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:41
Leigh Waldman; Todd D. Robinson; David Smolansky; Jorge Castañeda
January 2, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:44
Lech Walesa; Elizabeth A. Hanks; Katherine Landers; Deanne Criswell; Dame Stephanie Shirley
January 1, 2026
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:42
Mariann Budde; Eileen Collins; Andrew Jarecki; Charlotte Kaufman
December 31, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
Al Gore; Juanita Goebertus; Noah Bullock; Charlie Savage
Active loading indicator