Isn't this largely because standards are relatively high right now because the military has more people enlisting than it needs? If they needed more people they

Isn't this largely because standards are relatively high right now because the military has more people enlisting than it needs? If they needed more people they would just lower the standards a bit like they were a few years ago and they would have plenty of people. They would have to do a bit more work during training to get them in shape and they would have to overlook some minor issues that they aren't willing to now, but they wouldn't actually have trouble getting enough people.