What should we do to encourage the next generation to serve?

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Bring back the draft. 2 years of service, away from homies, learning to care for yourself and others, finding out a lot about yourself and that there is life and adventure outside of your home. And earn some benefits that can encourage you to better your life status.
Not to mention, learning how to aim a gun so less of the innocent people will be shot.

We need to instill more pride in this country. This is not false pride (examples can be provided commenters) but pride in such things as like the Declaration of Independance, Constitution & various Amendments, and the legislation that has successfully allowed this country to achieve higher and higher levels of equality, etc. This would include this country's commitment to end things like slavery and Nazism. Of particular interest might be the numerous heroes (of all races, and both genders), and their lives.

We need you. YOu are an extraordinary generation that has talents and capabilities beyond our wildest dreams and imagination. Put those to good use and be part of something bigger than yourself. Don't give up and don't give in. Stay true to yourself and work hard...harder than the next person. Do everything to do because you want to do it...not for anyone else. Whether it be work, fitness, quitting bad habits or picking up new good habits...none of it is worth it if you don't enjoy it.

Pride in our nation and integrity.

Get the woke, leftist indoctrination OUT of military training (at all levels)!!

This is a loaded question. To encourage the next generation to "man up" (so to speak) and serve, remove the obstacles. Currently, many patriotic souls are discouraged by public opinion. Often, patriotism is disparaged as being hateful. Traditional types are the usual but not exclusive people to step up and volunteer to serve in our military. Currently, the powers that be have waged a culture war on traditional types. The military is being co-opted for social experimentation.

The number one thing would be to remind military leaders that they are not politicians, and while they report to the President does not mean that things that work for the general public do not always work for military service. We have alienated a large group of our society by many of the current changes as as well as those who se the military as a machine for negative purpose and very little value and respect. They do not respect the foundation of our society and cannot debate the issues rather they throw flames and cry some cover or another when we disagree rather than agreeing to disagree finding some middle ground.

Nex we have to face that men are men and women are women. No offense intended, we cannot recognize every psychological development making a clear path. I have no problem if someone has a sex change and joins the service ready to fight. I cannot understand recruiting a person who identifies without having had the physiological change.

This placards them in showers with the opposite sex with all their components to bare.

Not to be glib, if a spouse, or female service member wants breast augmentation they have to pay out of pocket save an medical reasoning. Why then would the military pay for the surgeries and treatment associated with this type transition. The psychological should be afforded. Bottom line is that the reality is that we are cowing to what amounts to a fraction of societ while ignoring the feelings and disregarding the rights of the larger parts of society.

Develope training platforms that include discipline and teaches teamwork and respect for one another.

We should never have shied away from discipline, specific standards with failure as a possibility. Everyone is not equal and excell within themselves, as a group or stand out as a leader. There is room for everyone in our space.

One service is doing it truly very close to the way it was sone for the past two decades, until the last three years. They have no recruitment or retention issues. If I were boing today I would have taken the pen from that office as opposed to the one I served in for over 30 year.

They have met the guidance of the senior leaders and maintains the respect and discipline needed to fill and maintain a fighting force.

The government should edict that all public schools be rquired to have recruiters attend events and speak to large audiences. Booth set up in the gym, encouraging the youth of America to listen and evaluate.

Instead the government is doing just the opposite, tying the hands of the entire process. Universities hold rallies against the military while not giving them a voice, the same should be true at public Universities.

Finally salaries and pensions are not doing well as a final encouragement to serve the long hall. We as service members to put their faith in financial planners or become one themselves. The retiremt package mirrors that of the public sector GS rating. The difference is huge in two main areas, salaries and base pay lag greatly. The other being that the public sector also counts all pay received for the last three years including locality pay, similar to BAH, to be counted in the final pension. This is a huge disparity. So a civilian who works in your staff may be a hi level clerk GS12 with 5 to ten years in grade,but they make more that the LTC who runs the Battalion.

I could go on but it is too deep a topic and I probably lost focus. I respect everyone and there life's decisions, however it should not impact mine. Finally get the pay straight. It is to huge a number to just change overnight, make it a ten year plan for the pay, the retirement package could change now.

A large part of the recruiting problem, as explained to me by one of my former Sailors who became a career recruiter, is the new medical system ('Genesis', I believe?) can and does access a prospective recruit's ENTIRE medical history.

Say your child took Ritalin for a year when he or she was 7 years old. It would be entered into their medical record, which could be accessed by said Genesis system, and your child would either be disqualified from service based on Ritalin / ADHD, or require a lengthy & tedious waiver process.

So, while the drop in interest is very real, but not as bad as it's made out to be, the fact that there are now medically historic disqualifying factors accessible (even if said factors are not an issue) makes it harder to recruit personnel.

Also, and perhaps more important, Chains of Command need to stop being political and start being WARFIGHTERS. DEI initiatives are worthless, and if "leaders" aren't ensuring their people are trained & eligible for everything & anything possible, then those "leaders" need to be demoted & replaced with more competent people.

The upcoming cohort of Soldiers should be well-versed in and committed to upholding the core Army values. It is imperative for them to internalize the principles of teamwork, forsaking individualistic tendencies. Addressing the issue of expedited promotions is pivotal to curtailing the prevalence of hasty and ineffective leadership. Instilling a culture of accountability is paramount, necessitating an end to the culture of evading consequences. It’s imperative to maintain professionalism by refraining from disclosing personal preferences or sexuality.