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2024-11-02 -Land of the Free

U.S. military hits [reduced] recruitment goals after years of shortfalls

[JustTheNews] For the first time since 2017, the Coast Guard met its recruiting goals for enlisted active duty, the Reserve, and Non-Academy officer program accessions

The military services recruited 225,000 people in fiscal year 2024 – 25,000 more recruits than last year, said Katie Helland, the Pentagon's director of military accession policy.

She pointed directly to the challenges military components will face in the coming years as they set higher recruitment goals.

"We need to remain cautiously optimistic about the future recruiting operations as we continue to recruit in a market that has low youth propensity to serve, limited familiarity with military opportunities, a competitive labor market and a declining eligibility among young adults," Helland said.

Helland noted a growing divide between civilians and the military.

"Data indicate that many of today's youth are not interested in military service and have many misperceptions about what life is like as a service member," she said.

In fact, most young people never consider signing up.

"For the first time since this metric has been tracked, the majority of youth have never even considered military service as an option," Helland said. "That is it's not even on the radar. This divide has been brought about by a confluence of many factors, including the shrinking military footprint and declining veteran presence across society."

One challenge is fewer ties to a family member who served. In 1990, 40% of young adults had a parent who served. That's down to 15%.

No mention of DEI and other woke nonsense prioritized by the current administration…

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile Russia with a much smaller population consistently meets its target of 30,000 recruits each month

Posted by Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 2024-11-02 06:17|| 2024-11-02 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 In 1990, 40% of young adults had a parent who served.
In the 90's they started really pushing 'Racial Quotas' and my older brother, who did not check any of the DEI boxes, decided after four (4) boards that being a good sailor was not enough for the US Navy despite his 24+ years of good service and Vietnam Vet status. Why serve if they don't want respect your service but only your ethnicity?

The current DEI Craze is just an eventual result of promoting the 'Racial Quota' people to higher and higher levels.

Posted by magpie 2024-11-02 08:30|| 2024-11-02 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ That is correct. DEI is NOT a new concept, it has simply gained a name and hoped for government legitimacy.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-11-02 08:33|| 2024-11-02 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm curious about how many 'recruits' were foreign born.

The state of the recruitment crisis

Immigrant Veterans in the United States

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-02 09:02|| 2024-11-02 09:02|| Front Page Top

#5 ...actually, the Army in the 19th Century had a high proportion of foreigners, Irish and German being among the more numerous. Male German Immigrants were sometime advised to do a hitch to learn English and have relatable work experience.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-02 09:49|| 2024-11-02 09:49|| Front Page Top

#6 do a hitch to learn English and have relatable work experience

Shame that doesn't work for some Americans.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-02 12:21|| 2024-11-02 12:21|| Front Page Top

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