NATO general said there is a shortage of personnel in European armies

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The Commander-in-Chief of NATO's combined armed forces in Europe, American General Alexus Grinkevich, said that the armies of European countries are experiencing problems with a shortage of personnel.

The complexity of the problem lies in the fact that a large army cannot be created “at the snap of a finger,” since leaders of different levels are needed, which cannot be simply created.

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 - RIA Novosti. The armies of European countries are experiencing problems with a shortage of personnel, said the Commander-in-Chief of NATO's combined armed forces in Europe, American General Alexus Grinkevich.

“We definitely have problems with the personnel aspect,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency.

According to Grinkevich, the complexity of this problem is that a large army cannot be created “at the snap of a finger.”

"In any department you have to have leaders, middle managers, senior managers, and you can't just create them out of thin air. They have to be recruited over time," he said.