77% of young Americans unfit to join military according to Pentagon study
(americanmilitarynews.com)
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I seem to recall many Officers sounding the Alarm on this for the better part of a decade. And the Pentagon Brass ignoring them.
Now after they had a probable overpriced study to tell them exactly what the dozens of Civilian studies and their own proverbial boots on the ground Officers and Recruiters could have told them for free. Are they finally listening. And frankly it’s probably not something a recruiting tool disguised as a video game can readily fix.
If the Military wants to address it on their front. Then they’ll need to start having an active and dynamic interest in domestic affairs outside the Defense Industry and the bare minimum required to get more meat for the grinder. Whether that’s a good or bad thing is debatable and not the immediate subject of this post.
Laws and historical precedent have discouraged Military activities and interests that aren’t immediately Defense Industry related.They still have plenty of Soft-power options and loopholes they could utilize to influence trends in the Civilian world. Whether they will or keep up the inefficient and ineffective campaigns they are known for is another story.
Same could be said about police and educating the community on police interactions.
Is anyone in America good for their job? Judges, attorneys, presidents, cops, teachers, train engineers, food growers, restaurant workers, doctors, and on and on. Nobody is even qualified to do their jobs and it's all about managing relationships which is entirely about joining narratives. The dull minded have a way easier time assimilating into the performative aspects of all of these jobs. Institutional rot is something I see every day. It's flat out wrong.
It is not the job of the military to change society. Other than to tell the govt and the American ppl 5:5 that they are not fit to defend their country and it is up to THEM to fix it.
A rifle behind every blade of grass is now a joke. There are groups that do not even WANT us to defend ourselves!!