Leaders at Minot Air Air Force Base sent a text message that warned airmen about the dangers of being near a conservative rally that featured a speaker from a pro-Trump group.
Politics isn’t on the top ten list of reasons why people aren’t joining. The number one is fear of injury/death followed by psychological issue. And given how poorly this country treats veterans, it makes sense.
Oh there’s tons of reasons. But bad leadership is definitely one of them. Maybe not politics specifically, but bad leadership in general. I probably been more specific.
I doubt pizza ever served as terrorist sympathizers are quickly weeded out. First time he praised Hamas, his DI would he corrected his attitude.
When I served, it was mainly rural conservatives and inner city light liberals. Overall the military was consecutive because militaries are tradition based groups.
When you break the traditions, conservatives will be less inclined to join.
https://usafacts.org/articles/military-recruitment-is-down/
Politics isn’t on the top ten list of reasons why people aren’t joining. The number one is fear of injury/death followed by psychological issue. And given how poorly this country treats veterans, it makes sense.
Oh there’s tons of reasons. But bad leadership is definitely one of them. Maybe not politics specifically, but bad leadership in general. I probably been more specific.
The powerpoint presentation doesn’t list out the options, which makes me wonder what options they had. https://jamrs.defense.gov/Portals/20/Documents/YP54Fall2022PUBLICRELEASEPropensityUpdate_20230713_v1.pdf
Politics is an important issue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/us-military-has-politics-problem/
I doubt pizza ever served as terrorist sympathizers are quickly weeded out. First time he praised Hamas, his DI would he corrected his attitude.
When I served, it was mainly rural conservatives and inner city light liberals. Overall the military was consecutive because militaries are tradition based groups.
When you break the traditions, conservatives will be less inclined to join.