Are military members being Freemasons a dying breed?

I am so accepted amongst Brethren and Fellows.  I was always interested in the Fraternity and while I was in Germany during the years of 2000 to 2004 I was going to join.  I just found that the war really threw everything for a loop.  I found time was impossible.  From Germany I PCSed to a CAB at Fort Carson and doing back to back deployments.  Now that I am in a Garrison Command position and in a TDA unit the benefits are very rewarding.  I sit in the East for the Lodge in which I belong and now that I look back on all the deployments and field exercises I believe that this has had a drastic impact on our numbers.  I really don't know if I could have properly used that gauge while in a deploying unit.  There are certain things that the fraternity should be getting involved with in the military community and as a leader I think the best program to do so is your BOSS program and the USO.  I have found that Soldiers do want to do stuff outside of XBOX and Playstation.  So I challenge the craft to do volunteer work within those organizations.  Just by you giving your time to those organizations your Craft will grow.  A lot of these new Soldiers don't know about the craft either.  Unless they have family with in the fraternity they don't know much other than what they see on TV or on Youtube and lets face it when looking for information on the net there is a whole lot of stuff out there that shy people away.  So again I challenge my Brethren and Fellows to get out into the community again, volunteer for the Chapels and just do what we do best and they will come to you.  Thanks for the post MSgt and Look well to the East my Brothers!

Overseas no, stateside yes. There are alot of freemasons from overseas that can't find a lodge in the states.<br>

Go to some of the National Guard units. &nbsp;They are still quite heavy with Masons, especially the senior ranks. &nbsp;Being accepted into the Masons means you are getting groomed for going very far. &nbsp;I haven't seen a bad one in the bunch. &nbsp;All of the officers we had that were Masons were top notch. &nbsp;I have some reservations about them but they sponsored the right kind of people.

How do I become a Mason

So where can I sign up?  I rather not sign up for the prince hall either.

I see a lot of people claim that they are mason and usually they are the worst soldiers in the unit. They are super pretentious and super condesending people.

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Freemasons in general has declined but I have found that in recent years there is a spark of interest spreading. My lodge and the neighboring lodge has seen a significant increase of younger members and with technology on a rise it is helping with promoting Freemasonry through backed causes, fundraisers, working with the community more often. We have to accept that the old Freemason is the new Freemason and stop living in the dark. I have several Brethren who are Military and or Vets at my lodge. It’s coming back.

Yes it’s a decline in membership all around, but there is another problem. Lots of people who are members don’t say anything. They aren’t proud, they don’t bring it up in conversation, and they just don’t talk about it. I knew 5 other Brothers on my last deployment but they didn’t talk about it, and when I brought it up they only wanted to speak in hushed tones and off to the side like being in the frat is a secret. No being a member isn’t a secret, the secret stuff is secret, the motto is, “To be one, you must ask one.” Well how’s anyone who wants to join suppose to ask a Mason, if that Mason is keeping his membership a secret? The problem goes back to the last 2 generations; the “Greatest” generation, and the boomers. They saw it as a great honor, they used the frat to get away from their wives and kids, and they took the whole secret thing way to seriously. So when there kids became of age, they were all like, “Oh the masons are that thing that my dad does so he don’t have to spend time with me, forget that stuff.” And then again if you aren’t proudly displaying your Masonic membership then how’s anyone suppose to ask you to join?