Bringing retirees is different than bringing back people unjustly discharged. It is more involved to change their status, benefits, possibly rank. It is easier to bring back officers though.

Also it wouldn't backfill the recruiting gap either. Right now it might help cover the missing numbers but the people that would come back are mostly higher rank - not O-1 or E-1s. There would be a big hole still (Thanks Biden). It will take years to recover and get the numbers back to where they belong.

The military needs certain numbers of lower, middle, and senior ranking enlisted and officers. Biden cut the lower and much of the middle tiers with the stupid mandates, and by scaring (very smart) parents with his stupid policies and performance. I would never sign the papers for my kids if they were still at the age of recruitment if Biden was there - or most Democrats for that matter. I served during the last year of Reagan, through HW Bush, and most of Clinton. The differences were MASSIVE. During Clinton we lost a lot of our military - just like every dem since at least Carter.

Dems always hollow the forces out.