Small Wars Journal

Health of the Force

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 9:10pm

"Health of the Force" - A November 2015 Army report subtitled "Create a Healthier Force for Tomorrow". Quoting journalist David Wood: “How ready is the Army? Well, 20,000 new active-duty soldiers fail to complete their first term of service (that's 36 percent of first-term troops). Some 43,000 active-duty soldiers are non-deployable because of injury or disciplinary problems. One in 20 have to use sleep medication and 15 percent have been diagnosed with a behavioral health disorder. All this in the Army's new health report card. Not good news.”