U.S. military faces historic struggle with recruitment
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2023
- The U.S. military in the middle of a massive recruiting drought. Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, a Medal of Honor recipient and an NBC News military analyst, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss.
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Not a word about veterans left to fend for themselves in the streets, having to fight for every penny from a government that spends trillions with arms contractors 😡
As a retired combat Vet, I approve of anyone NOT signing up; not the way they’ve propped up wars yet leave fellow 🇺🇸Americans🇺🇸 insecure, poor, hungry, homeless… literally in the dust. Happy 4th, everyone!
They way America treats their veterans made me turn my eye to joining the military at a young age.
As a combat vet I lost my best friend to suicide after we returned from our second tour. The average hovers around 20 per day. Civilians see this and are much more aware than in the past due to the internet and social media. After reading "War Is a Racket" (The Profit That Fuels Warfare) by Major General Smedley D. Butler I realized what we have been fighting for and more people are waking up.
Those who opposed the Iraq War from the get-go saw this coming. Children of the 2000's are now grown and don't want to risk being sent to war over false pretenses.
For every good successful military career story there are dozens of failures. Homelessness, depression, PTSD, physical long term injuries, divorces and bankruptcies are usually the stories that you'll see the most. Kids today are not stupid, they see how the government treats our vets and they make the right decision for not joining. Even vets warn their kids against joining.
I'm an Army veteran and I hope it hits rock bottom. While you're in you are treated terribly (because you have very few rights and the ones you do have are hard to fight for), the food is horrible (unless you're on an AF base), and the housing wouldn't qualify for section 8 housing. I hope it gets so bad they are forced to treat troops like people, provide them with the quality of life that a person collecting life long disabilities should receive (everyone leaves with back, knee, shoulder, etc...issues), and finally do something about all the rapes.
I’d rather not die for a country that doesn’t care about me at all.
As a Vet I am telling you don't Join and fight for corporate interests!
As a Marine Veteran I don't fault the young adults. I served my country and Honorably Discharged in 2000, during my time of service I severely damaged my left knee..to this day it still swells up, locks out, clicks when walking, there are weeks it's so bad that I have to stay off it and ice it, the throbbing pain is horrible. But the VA gives me a whopping $100/month for my service connection. So I don't blame anyone for not wanting to serve because they'll use you and throw you to the curb and everything is on you and the military no longer has anything to do with you. VA hospitals are a joke, when you show up..everyone from the front door to the PA not Doctor will mock you and discredit you so many don't like that and just leave. Go to school, learn a trade, you'll make more money than any service member.
As someone who is currently serving. It’s not worth it. I advise people to get out and not reenlist. There are better jobs outside of the military. The pain and struggle isn’t worth it.
People are wiser these days. I had no idea what I was really signing up for. Luckily I wasn’t damaged in the process.
Younger generations are just aware what to expect when joining the military. We are living in the age of information after all. People are not joining the army blindly anymore.
I think its a combination of bad advertising, poor leadership, not taking care of our veterans, and the wars we choose to fight in.
I think the experience of vets who were involved in the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan are coming back and don't want their loved ones to go through that. Being dropped into a foreign country as a teenager to fight "the bad guy" and then slowly realizing that YOU are the "bad guy" will definitely make you change your view of the military you dedicated your life to serve in. Also, the VA is notorious for leaving our vets without the proper care they deserve.
Its almost like no one wants to fight for tyranny
I served 15 years in the U.S. Army, climbing the ranks from Private( E-1) to Chief Warrant Officer (W-2) from 2002 to 2017, mostly in airborne units as a paratrooper. When I left the military due to service-connected disabilities, I never received adequate support from the VA. Not only did I have to leave the military with only 5 years left before I could retire, but I have been having to pay out of pocket for my own PTSD treatment because the VA classified my PTSD as a "mood disorder" because that is how they are able to avoid spending money on disabled veterans that have PTSD. So with 15 years of service including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the only thing I came out with is a bad back, bad knees, unstable mental health, and no retirement benefits. A few months ago I sold all of my guns because I have been struggling with thoughts of suicide; I know that I would have put a bullet in my own head by now if I kept them, I daydream about it constantly. It doesn't help that I can barely afford to pay my bills even with my full-time job as an HR Investigator. I am so sick of society; people always say that they support veterans but that is a lie; when you leave the military it's difficult to even get a job because civilian employers treat us like entry-level employees and they lowball our salary. I applied for several higher paying jobs that I am qualified for, but I get rejected every time because they don't seem to know that organizational management in the military does translate to business management in the civilian world. Society has abandoned the veteran population, every day I wake up just wishing I was dead; that is why I tell people that joining the military is not worth the sacrifice. I lost my marriage from deploying too frequently, I lost friends that were killed overseas, my health has rapidly deteriorated, I might lose my house this year, and the only real satisfaction that I get out of life is knowing that someday I am going to die.
As someone who is not from the USA, I get the impression that more Americans are aware that they are fighting wars for the military industrial complex for profits not because someone is threatening them.
I enlisted from 2001 to 2004. My dad is a 20 year retired Vietnam Vet. I joined as an older recruit at 26. That being said, I told my son that the military wasn't an option for him when he turns 18. Joining the Army was the best decision I ever made, but I left with healed fractured hip socket joint and 10 percent disability. I've been reevaluated and I still get 10 percent even though I now have arthritis. The best thing joining the Army did for me was using the VA home loan. Without that, I would have never been able to my houses. The zero percent down was a lifesaver.
I am the first Man on my Dad's side of the family in 4 Generations who decided not to serve. One of my best moves in life and my Dad who served says it was absolutely the right decision!!