Appointments would probably only increase when they need to rapidly raise the number of troops, as happened in the first decade of this century. They can still increase the number of troops and use other commissioning programs to "top off", so I wouldn't be anticipating any real increase in appointments. JMPO.
Seems like Trump is working on that given deals with Boeing etc. No doubt there is a far, far way to go.Perhaps they should get the waste under control before pulling out the super sized check books...