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| US Naval Institute Article - Current Military Recruting Pool for the Entire US is down to less than 500,000! |
| 2023-02-17 |
| [USNInews] The Marine Corps and other service branches are competing to attract the same 412,000 eligible Americans between the ages of 17 to 24, a Marine recruiting commander said Tuesday. There are approximately 32.8 million Americans, part of Gen Z, but when looking at those who qualify for and want military service, that number quickly dwindles to 412,000, said Brig. Gen. Jason Morris, commander of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, speaking at the West 2023 conference hosted by the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA. There are a number of disqualifiers that account for bringing the number to 412,000, Morris said, including obesity, drug use and mental illness. “We encourage people to get help, but once they get help, it’s in their records and we have to sort through that,” he said. The number of Gen-Zers, or those who were born between 1997 and 2012, is approximately 7 million – less than that of millennials. This means the services, which have to compete against industry in addition to the other branches, have a smaller pool of people to attract, Morris said. Bonuses and other incentives that the military offers, such as college assistance, are no longer unique to the services, with companies like Starbucks or Amazon offering similar benefits. |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #20 Same 'bitch' by women looking for a good man. After you go through all their 'requirements' and look at the available pool, you are usually down to single digit percentages of the male population. Out of the entire male population of the world, I only needed one to meet my requirements for husband material, Procopius2k. Which I imagine is your point. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-02-17 20:33 |
| #19 Navy to 'reset' fitness test failures amid recruitment, retention struggles |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 12:51 |
| #18 There only some many balloon experts in the world and most of them want to be clowns; the military is really screwed |
| Posted by: Airandee 2023-02-17 12:01 |
| #17 |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-17 11:01 |
| #16 All the recruits want to be "influencers." Just like Milley. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 10:41 |
| #15 #13, that's why I'm on the Pro Bachelors' Tour since 1997. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 10:40 |
| #14 At least the women can settle for cats. And the military can settle for robot dogs carrying machine guns. I am amused that while the article states the size of Gen Z and the available recruiting pool, it fails to mention the number of recruits needed. Journalists, bless their hearts! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-02-17 10:02 |
| #13 Same 'bitch' by women looking for a good man. After you go through all their 'requirements' and look at the available pool, you are usually down to single digit percentages of the male population. At least the women can settle for cats. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-17 08:04 |
| #12 Remember Joe DiMaggio doing TV commercials for Mr. Coffee. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 07:25 |
| #11 My co-workers insisted I made the best Mr. Coffee. Hey, it kept me away from my desk... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 07:24 |
| #10 Starbucks may provide college assistance, but they don’t provide summer camp for fitness training. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-17 07:19 |
| #9 Oh, no, not AAFES! |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 07:07 |
| #8 Coffee machines need reloaded on mil bases too. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 06:50 |
| #7 Businesses can't even find enough people to work, so why would the same pool be interested in joining the military? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-17 06:45 |
| #6 And the corp drones are so confused when it happens to them. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 06:43 |
| #5 /\ They're perfectly comfortable with betrayal. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-17 06:40 |
| #4 The very pols who got rich off the vaxx are going to throw Big Pharm under the bus now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-17 06:14 |
| #3 I've an idea on how to repay student loans. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 06:14 |
| #2 Given the "New Normal" that is being pushed by the media and LSD's. Maybe they need to use the Village people to do a Recruiting song and ad??? 🤪 |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-17 06:09 |
| #1 Navy lifts deployment restrictions on sailors not vaccinated against COVID-19 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-17 05:49 |