Most young Americans are too fat and mentally ill to join the Army, so the Army will have to offer large sums of Money or hire directly abroad, maybe even open up for handicapped people in the future.
That is not what your reference said.
Only about one-quarter of young Americans are even eligible for service these days, a shrinking pool limited by an increasing number of potential recruits who are overweight or are screened out due to minor criminal infractions, including the use of recreational drugs such as marijuana.
Funny, no mention of mental illness at all. However, in many states drug use is now keeping many who want to join out.
And come now, "large sums of money"? In the case of most, it comes to a whopping $2-4,000 a year at most. Which goes on top of an annual paycheck to most of around $25k per year.
The thing is that to many, the military is simply not a path they want to go into. Especially as politically, one side of the political fence now tends to look down on those who serve. Try going through California in uniform, and it often seems like being in a hostile country.