Automatic selective service returning?
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...e-selective-service-registration-for-all-men/
My son is already in the Air Force, but I hope this isn't a portent of something that is coming.
I don't think it's a foreshadowing.
I think it's a stark realization that as a military, we aren't fully staffed as we once were.
The issue is that during peacetime, the military budget is usually the first thing looked at. So this allows ability to maintain a current level of force, without having the expenses of a large increase in active duty soldiers.
At the end of the day, folks who rail on the military budget will have to come to terms with something like this.
I think the Russia/Ukraine conflict, now in year 3, with over 550,000 Russian troops kia/wia has opened some eyes to our own troop levels.
Just a guess tho.