What do you see as the military's greatest challenge in 2023 and why?

Lack of emotional intelligence at supervisory levels, in all branches. It may seem insignificant in the face of so many other issues, but people work with people, and people have issues and work challenges. The stress of working under the supervision of an unqualified supervisor is unnecessary, and proper training on how to be a decent human being apparently needs to happen. New recruits should have a class on life skills and acceptable human interaction because there is no common sense anymore. Kids come from families with trauma and no life skills, mental health issues, and an inability to handle differences of opinion. If we don't fix problems at a human level, everything else will just become more complicated. We certainly don't want to breed an entire military of people with no capability for empathy and bratty.
It's about mentoring and guiding the young on the right path, but many supervisors need this training themselves.

My thoughts are that the greatest challenges are having to make adjustments to gender identification and having to change the ways of "corrective training."

One of the greatest military challenges that is going to have to be overcome is recruitment. With such a bad turn in society leaning away from military service it will be harder and harder for the military to sustain its numbers as the numbers of recruitments keeps shrinking. Even though it is one of the greatest honors you can hold as an American, those values are slowly slipping away. We can only pray and hope for a stronger future!

In My Opinion I see the Military's greatest challenge is to retain members, to try and stop Sexual Assault. The Military is a melting pot of Races and Religions, but finding the harmonious connection between Enlisted and Officer are hard as well. Training helps, but hands on training for Sexual Assault for both Men and Women who could possibly be a victim or helping those who were Sexually Assaulted (Men or Women). Stop stigmatizing Mental Health, Military members are still fearful of being diagnosed with any Mental Health issues. There also has to be a sense of security within each branch and not having to worry what or who they are. The strain between Russia is a big concern for the Military too. But I think most of all it would be the POTUS having military experience (who was not a Officer). Communication is also severely lacking also in the perceptions.

Maintaining a dedicated professional cadre of personnel in the face of an ever morphing culture that would dilute the very concept of service to country.

I think it is the challenge of budgets, funding, and aging of equipment. We are also giving equipment to the Ukraine, which is needed there, but it draws down our capability and requires funding to replace. Giving our military the resources and tools to fight and be successful in their continued support of our democracy and freedom.

Based on current global trends and potential threats, our military's greatest challenge in 2023 are addressing the increasing cyber threats and maintaining technological superiority.

In recent years, cyber attacks have become more sophisticated and frequent, and the military must continue to adapt and evolve to protect against these threats. Additionally, there may be challenges in maintaining a competitive edge in emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and hypersonic weapons, as other nations continue to invest heavily in these areas.

Ultimately, the United States government must invest more in advancing the military weaponry, along with recruitment in such a hostile world.

Defending the country. With the decline in recruitment, the government's lack of morals, the disrespect of other countries, "apology tours", failure to protect our borders, etc., I can't see a good future for us. I have served 22 years active duty (not a couple of years in the reserves just to be called a veteran) and traveled to over 20 countries. I believe I have a pretty good idea what other countries think of us. Our country has been going downhill since Viet Nam.

I believe we need to have more Americans stand behind our military and encourage our young men and women to take advantage of all the education that is available to them.

The youth. Because for the most part they are watered down!