Australia's submarine solution

[sptrawler]

It's one thing buying the subs, that's the easy part, manning them will be the hard part.

Defence Force under ‘stress’ as chief reveals true extent of staff crisis

Allowing foreigners to serve in Australia’s armed forces is among changes being considered to bolster a sluggish recruitment effort that has left the military short thousands of personnel.

www.smh.com.au

The army has been the hardest hit by lack of personnel, falling almost 2900 people below target staffing – a 9 per cent shortfall.
The navy is 880 people, or 6 per cent, below its targets while the air force is faring best at 536 people below its required staffing level.
“It puts stress across the entire organisation in terms of being able to both train, recruit, to conduct activity, and to sustain our people, support their families, continue our tempo of activity, both internationally and domestically,” Campbell said.

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With low unemployment making it difficult for the military to compete with the private sector, Campbell said the ADF was especially struggling to recruit and retain employees with technical expertise.
He said the ADF was exploring innovative ways to boost personnel numbers, including allowing “non-citizen enlistment on a pathway to citizenship”.

 

[moXJO]

It's one thing buying the subs, that's the easy part, manning them will be the hard part.

Defence Force under ‘stress’ as chief reveals true extent of staff crisis

Allowing foreigners to serve in Australia’s armed forces is among changes being considered to bolster a sluggish recruitment effort that has left the military short thousands of personnel.

www.smh.com.au

The army has been the hardest hit by lack of personnel, falling almost 2900 people below target staffing – a 9 per cent shortfall.
The navy is 880 people, or 6 per cent, below its targets while the air force is faring best at 536 people below its required staffing level.
“It puts stress across the entire organisation in terms of being able to both train, recruit, to conduct activity, and to sustain our people, support their families, continue our tempo of activity, both internationally and domestically,” Campbell said.

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With low unemployment making it difficult for the military to compete with the private sector, Campbell said the ADF was especially struggling to recruit and retain employees with technical expertise.
He said the ADF was exploring innovative ways to boost personnel numbers, including allowing “non-citizen enlistment on a pathway to citizenship”.

We are just paying for the whole "US protection" racket. They don't seem to actually give a damn if it works or not. Think back to all those white elephant purchases. We are just paying protection money.