RT by @SecDef: Despite a recent misleading article about the Army’s first-term attrition rates, we have averaged between 25-30% for a decade. This is normal. We need lethal warfighters and not everyone will meet our uncompromising standards.

Despite a recent misleading article about the Army’s first-term attrition rates, we have averaged between 25-30% for a decade.

This is normal. 

We need lethal warfighters and not everyone will meet our uncompromising standards.

— U.S. Army (@USArmy) March 8, 2025