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

Reality, only 1% of the general population ever served or is serving in the military. Present recruiting is targeting the 20% of the population that would never join and will not make good military personnel, and the 1% would rather not think about. They need to stop trying to recruit the people that will never join the military and go back to recruiting the people that are willing to join.

Are the military benefits good anymore?

How many active duty , and veterans actively advise their children to not serve.

The real issue is the lack of faith in leadership, and how active/ veterans get treated.

Let's face facts, the average American male today is not only out of shape they are also out of touch with reality! Video games; movies; the Internet and, their education have destroyed their perception of reality. The educational system indoctrinates them without educating them! My generation had mandatory physical education in school, today so many school districts have eliminated PE and, have concentrated on teaching Woke subjects. I personally believe that the Marxist have totally taken over the education system in America and that unless this situation is reversed we are doomed!

Maybe you could start by explaining what the VA system will be like when they leave service and its shortcomings. Long delays of coverage delayed for decades. Talk about lifetime experiences found in no other job. Get rid of the classification system and treat all as trusted soldiers. Us a hammer when they stray.

I got the message from politicians and appointees that people like me, citizens with traditional values, aren't valued any longer and are extremists because of those values and religious beliefs. For that and other reasons I don't recommend service to friends or family any longer.

Get rid of woke leadership and start treating the recruits as military people not babies. No one wants to join any service when they have to serve with people who can not stand up to the training. Lowering standards is not the answer.

Stop turning the military into a sort of social experiment, get real men and real women by that I mean biological real men and women. We might end up going to war and I hate for some guy who thinks he's a woman to forget his makeup bag. Sound harsh yeah? You better get your head out of your a__ , know your enemy isn't going to give a dam about what the definition of a woman is, he is going to KILL you despite what you think

I think the main problem is there is no visibility to the military like there used to be. There needs to be TV and radio commercials promoting the military and what it has to offer.

And I’m not talking about those cheesy TV commercials that came out not that long ago. Those were horrible and did a major disservice to military recruiting. I couldn’t take it seriously so I know that the targeted audience certainly couldn’t have taken it seriously either.

Take politics and wokeness back out of the military, period.

Don't worry about being too fat (within reason), that is what basic training is for. You get a new mental state of mind and a new body.

I think, maybe there is 2 different ways to look at this. The first, is just WHO occupies the WH?
The next is the strength of the current US military, & if the answers come back with an older more senile gentleman, not understanding where he is most of the time, that has more vacation time than a dog has fleas, smells little girls hair, then odds are that the military is going into the deep six. The natural sense is the US military will normally suffer. On the other hand when AMERICA has a strong friend in the WH, the nation as a whole will gather, around such a leader., & transform the USA military into a real fighting force. ITS JUST SIMPLE LOGIC! GOD BLESS AMERICA, can anyone let us know just where is the nuclear football, NOW?