Military Finds Itself Deficient In 20 Career Fields

While the Australian Defense Force says is its personnel situation is getting better, it remains short of key personnel in 20 career fields, reports the Australian.

Late last year, the military was short in 32 categories, but has shown progress, in part due to the economic downturn, said officials.

According to a briefing note dated in May, the navy is short of personnel in 17 categories, the army two and the air force one.

Critical employment categories "severely limit the...