Posted on 05/18/2024 6:25:22 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
While the majority of new recruits report having someone in the family who served, military families are becoming increasingly reluctant to recommend service to their loved ones.
Blue Star Families has been tracking active-duty families’ likelihood of recommending service to a young family member or someone in their network since 2016. Only 32% of families said they would recommend their sons and daughters to go into the military, down from 55% in 2016.
On the other end of the spectrum, only 15% of families said they would not recommend service to their loved ones in 2016. That number more than doubled to 31% in 2023.
“One of the major takeaways this year is that we continue to see a declining likelihood to recommend military service among our military families,” Jessica Strong, the senior director of applied research, told Federal News Network. “We know the majority of new recruits have some ties to the military. They have a parent, or a grandparent, or relative who served, so they come from families who have a tradition of military service. We know that military families are the answer to that recruiting crisis.”
More than 7,000 active-duty service members, military spouses, veterans, veteran spouses, National Guard and reserve families responded to the survey which was conducted online from May 24 to July 17.
Most survey respondents live and work at military installations across the United States, including Fort Liberty in North Carolina, Fort Cavazos in Texas and Fort Huachuca in Arizona. But they also live in communities that don’t have a military installation or large military presence. And some of them are stationed overseas at bases in Japan, South Korea, Germany and Italy, as well as embassies across the world.
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Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
We need them. Our fine country is facing potentially dark international times. We need a strong and capable (and reliable) military.
And, with few folks staying in, making upward rank might be a bit easier.
Anyone willing to totally disassociate themselves from any conservative positions and beliefs certainly will find promotions easier.
They will have a bright future if they completely abandon traditional American values and sign on to the far left’s radical, pro-gay, extremist Marxist positions.
Where the hell is Fort Liberty?
Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg
They had to capitulate to the far left, as General Bragg was a Confederate general.,,,hence the name change.
Probably got some officer a promotion.
It’s still Bragg. It will always be Bragg. “Liberty” is for the people who have shit for brains.
See #28.
The Army changed (again capitulated to the far left) that one because there were no bases named after Hispanics.
The military has become totally infected and corrupted by DEI,
Who would start down that path knowing they can do it again?
Who would risk their life for globalists?
That was when merit counted for something.
Here is a perfect example of why I don’t recommend the military anymore...last night watching a rerun of the weakest link. Twins were competing. Among the contestants was a pair of gays dressed in pink suits with face makeup and high heel shoes. One of them was an active duty sailor who regaled the audience with a story about how he won a talent show ON BOARD HIS SHIP where he dressed in drag. The guy? Had lipstick and eye makeup with ear rings and showed off his pointy high heel shoes. THAT is why I don’t recommend the armed forces to anyone! Retired Navy E-8 here.
It’s only a matter of time until the military renames another base after a trans soldier!
I’ve read that there are a lot of military age folks crossing the border who will be able to fill the gap.
Shocking headline.
“Fewer”? Really? It’s above zero? Shocking.
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