The people coming of age now have seen what’s happened to family whose served. The VA has been a running joke for years.
The idea of the College degree being a ticket to a well paying job has been thoroughly trashed.
You also need to have a population who believes that your nation is worth sacrificing and if necessary dying for. And the public education of the past could decades for the most part did not promote that mindset.
Not to mention. Recent stats indicate near 80% of people of military age. For one reason or another are ineligible for service under current standards
The people coming of age now have seen what’s happened to family whose served. The VA has been a running joke for years.
The idea of the College degree being a ticket to a well paying job has been thoroughly trashed.
You also need to have a population who believes that your nation is worth sacrificing and if necessary dying for. And the public education of the past could decades for the most part did not promote that mindset.
Not to mention. Recent stats indicate near 80% of people of military age. For one reason or another are ineligible for service under current standards