How would you solve the military recruiting challenges currently facing DOD?

Outlaw the democrat party

Recruitment is not the only problem facing the military. They are also having problems with increased suicides, increased incidences of unwanted pregnancies, and low morale. There is nothing we can do about these problems. The problems stem from the current Administration's WOKE demands on the military. The military is assigned to be a fighting force, not a place where the troops should be worrying about offending someone by using the wrong pronoun. The military's mission is war readiness, not political/social correctness.

get rid of the woke garbage. transvestites being used in recruiting ads are not a positive image that projects strength

It's very obvious what's causing the low numbers. The military is invested in WOKE culture, LGBTQXYZ BS and people don't want to join the military only to be lectured about which pronouns are "safe". The LGBTQ segment of society is estimated at 1 or 2 % of the population. The pentagon is destroying the fabric of military culture for that small number. Vaccine mandates don't help either. People don't want to join an organization that forces them to get jabbed by something that could kill them. This is all being orchestrated by communists who are actively undermining the entire country and the military is part of that. This is all political and needs to be reversed.

Quit trying to live in a vacuum and in the past. Lots of other countries have issues with recruiting, look at what they are doing and adapt those practices to meet our needs. Society has changed but military recruiting standards really haven't, so the pool of eligible candidates keeps getting smaller and smaller. A top to bottom review of standards for eligibility needs to be conducted and bounced off what the needs of the military really are. Some standards need to be maintained, but I think an honest evaluation will show many can go and/or be waived.

I think part of what is causing it is seeing how little we do for our veterans after they are done serving. The transition process back into the civilian world sucks and there should be so much more done to help our veterans transition. Word of mouth is some of the best recruiting methods so if those that had served could tell others with excitement and enthusiasm how great it is and how well taken care of they were, maybe more people would want to join.

A huge part of this issue is the access to all medical records requiring a significant portion of willing potential recruits to jump through hoops to get in.

More data should mean less risk. We should develop policies tat automatically waiver recruits under certain circumstances. Example: someone was prescribed behavioral medication as a child, in lieu of the current policy where they need a doctor to clear them, we should automatically waiver the condition if they haven't been prescribed the medication in a certain amount of time.

One of the biggest issues facing military recruiting today stems from implementation of the Genesis medical system. Genesis accesses not only military records, but all medical records across hospital and clinical databases, and often disqualifies promising young kids for reasons that would have disqualified most of the veterans here. Diagnosed for a year or two as having "childhood asthma" that resolved itself? Disqualified. A broken back or other serious childhood fracture that is completely healed? Disqualified. Depression counseling after your parents divorced as a kid? Often disqualified. It all shows up in Genesis. Too much information can be a curse.

We have enough problems with increases in childhood obesity in recruiting. Childhood obesity has tripled in the last three decades, with the percentage of obese youth in the USA at 17% or 1 out of 6 in 2022. The three leading reasons why young Americans are ineligible for military service are academic unpreparedness (no high school diploma or GED), a record of crime or drug abuse, and overweight. Claims of "wokeness" being a factor is just political posturing. It's statistics that affect every aspect of recruiting (age, medical, illegal drug use, criminal history, citizenship, education).

Gee this is easier than baking an apple pie. First thing is to stop using identity politics to target certain demographics whether by race or gender. The US Military IS NOT A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT nor is it the place for social justice crusades. The US Military exists for one reason and that is to defend the United States. The ability to defend this country is based on readiness and readiness doesn't recognize Race or gender. Stop trying to make the Military conform to individuals and start making individuals conform to the Military. If you are a biological man, you should be held to that account. If you are a biological woman, you should be held to that account. It does not matter to me what the pigmentation of your skin is if you or I are wounded Nor does it matter what your sexual preference is... It does matter to me if you are having a mental crisis on the battlefield. If I cant take seeing a male military officer running around in drag while on duty, imagine what are enemies think. We exude such a sense of weakness by exchanging the focus of military readiness to coddling the steady dismantling of our nations security. I said what I said and this should actually be a non partisan position.

Stop trying tp be so "woke" and go back to the "Be all you can be" era. Create more "I do more before 9am than most people do all day" ads re-instill pride in service and pride in country.. Promote brotherhood and team building. Go back to teaching skills that will promote employability after service.
Just my humble opinion