> "We're looking at a country which by a lot of metrics -- physical ability, cognitive ability -- all those numbers are going in the wrong direction." #GilBarndollar.. at the Center for the Study of Statesmanship
> While the Army's recruiting totals look solid on paper, a high dropout rate raises serious doubts about whether those numbers are an accurate portrayal of how well the service is [wo]manned.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/07/army-losing-nearly-one-quarter-of-soldiers-first-2-years-of-enlistment.html
#uspol #USAMilitary #USAMilitaryRecruitment #MilitaryRecruitment

🇪🇺 EUROPE
🔴 Gen Z's Impact on Military Forces

🔸 UK Gen Z prefers delivery jobs over military service.
🔸 Germany struggles with troop retention; 25% leave within 6 months.
🔸 Gen Z's work-life balance and emotional sensitivity are at the forefront.
🔸 Latvia reinstates conscription; Denmark expands service to include women.
🔸 Sweden boosts military personnel by 30%.

#GenZ #MilitaryRecruitment #Europe

Honor culture linked to military recruitment and identity formation https://www.psypost.org/honor-culture-linked-to-military-recruitment-and-identity-formation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #HonorCulture #MilitaryRecruitment #MilitaryIdentity #WarriorMindset #Enlistment

Seeing a lot of #teenagers talking about how they just joined the #military, which is something that happens around this time of year because they basically use #HighSchool as a #MilitaryRecruitment pool.

We need to be sure to remind young people to really think about that decision, because so many of them get into it and then find out over the next
4 to 6 to 8 years, or however long the military keeps them, about all the things that we tried to warn them about. It's especially important in an election year, because they might find themselves with a president they don't want to serve under, and in this election in particular, that is a very real concern: under Trump, #USSoldiers will see their already dismal treatment get even worse, and may even be killed or dismembered after being thrown suddenly into some unplanned conflict by some moron who doesn't really care what happens to them.

Remember to talk to the 18 year olds in your life about this.

#USPol

#GOP #congressman #insults #CoastGuard #admiral who disagreed that #dragqueens are hurting #militaryrecruitment

The #homophobic #extremist claimed in a bizarre exchange that the #military is getting too "#woke." The #admiral #disagreed citing the Covid19 pandemic as one of the primary causes.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/gop-congressman-insults-admiral-who-disagreed-that-drag-queens-are-hurting-military-recruitment/

Ukraine tells military-age citizens to ‘overcome their fear’ in recruitment campaign https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/ukraine-tells-military-age-citizens-to-overcome-their-fear-in-recruitment-campaign/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #corruption #militaryrecruitment #Russianinvasion #Ukraine

"It is believed that tens of thousands of Ukrainian men have left the country illegally since the full-scale war with #Russia started last February, many by paying bribes. On Friday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr #Zelenskiy, fired every regional #MilitaryRecruitment head in the country, citing endemic #corruption in the apparatus." #DraftEvasion #UkraineWar #Ukraine

#Bribes and hiding at home: the Ukrainian men trying to avoid conscription
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/bribes-and-hiding-at-home-the-ukrainian-men-trying-to-avoid-conscription

Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/ukraine-sacks-army-recruitment-chiefs-in-anti-graft-shakeup/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #corruption #militaryrecruitment #Russianinvasion #Ukraine