All good points.
Regarding recruiting slump, which is a major factor in faith in the military, most men don’t want to be under the command of a leftist CO, who would have daggers for any even mildly conservative enlistee. Plus, homosexual CO’s have essentially a free hand at ogling or molesting young men entering the service.
Recruiters have been turning away potential recruits after determining patriotic or right wing sentiments. This has cut off the military’s historic manpower poo, the southern boys who have also been pressured out of the military (my son ıs one such after 13 years).