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What Military People are Saying
“23 year Veteran here. I used to sponsor new recruits back in the day. I received several commendations for that work. I even encouraged my son to serve, which he is currently doing. He has 4 years left before retiring. So what's my point? With what I have witnessed for the last 15 years, I can honestly say I won't encourage any young man to voluntarily enlist in any of the 6 armed military branches. And there are a lot of Veterans who feel the same way.”
“I am a 26 year veteran of the Navy, 6 years of which was as a recruiter. I can't imagine telling a 17 year old kid today that if he joined there was a good chance he would have to bunk with an openly gay or transgender sailor. Wokeness has destroyed the services.”
“My son was an Airborne Ranger. He joined the Army straight out of high school. When he got out, he told me that for the final year that he was in uniform, a solid third of the "training" that he received was in topics like "Proper Use of Pronouns", "Gender Equality", etc. I suspect that right there alongside the recruitment problem is a problem retaining the trained soldiers that want no part of the stupidity that is "woke" culture.”
“20 year veteran who joined in October 2001. My kids are not allowed to enlist. They’ll be the first generation of my family in over a century not to serve.”
“I retired from the Navy and I was a Navy recruiter for three years and I refuse to recommend the present day military as a career choice. I work in a DOD building and the "wokeness" is suffocating. The officers are the "wokest". The officers I used to work with had flown hundreds of combat missions in Vietnam and they would knock you're head off of your shoulders rather than sit there and wonder about how you were feeling. They weren't your friends either. They were leaders and they were there to develop you into a warrior and lead you in combat if it came down to it. The military is not the civil service and if that's what you're looking for, you're in the wrong office. Go over to usajobs and look for something that would better suit your delicate nature.”
“What is not being reported on but is a bigger problem than recruitment is retention of NCOs and junior officers. We are bleeding internally and the Army says practically nothing about it. We are losing the vital combat and operational experience from the last decade of the GWOT."
“Retired USAF MSgt (1988-2012) here. There is no way in hell I would join any of the services today. Everything has turned upside down in the twelve short years ago since I retired. My friends still on active duty tell me they can't stand all the woke bullshit that gets shoved down their throats and can't wait to get out.”
“I was a military recruiter about 10 years ago. We spent 90% of our energy recruiting women, because we were told to. We had to tell men NO.”
“I retired from the Air Force in 2000, my son just retired from the Air Force earlier this year. Both of us have seen the changes and how toxic the military has become. My grandson at 19 years old decided he wanted to join the Air Force, he signed up 8 months ago and still hasn't heard back from the recruiter. They must not be hurting too bad, or maybe he is just the wrong gender, who knows.”
“I served 6 years in the army infantry and 12 months overseas. I had a career ahead of me. I got out in 2022 because of two things: Covid policies and DEI which destroyed my unit. Half our guys quit and we had female and tranny command staff coming in which destroyed our brotherhood.”
“Retired after 23 years. The last briefing? How women have to shower with men and be okay with it.”
From: Evidence that the DEI/CRT agenda in the military DOES hurt recruiting and retention
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