Army leaders say their current surveys show that many youths don’t see the Army as a career choice.
It is now military recruiting season at high schools. Seniors will graduate soon and are making choices for: for work; for advanced education; for a union apprenticeship; or possibly joining the U.S. military.
I am reading “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brian. It is a young adult novel on the banned book list. O’Brian gives a shockingly visceral sense of what it is to carry 20 pounds of supplies, 14 pounds of ammo, along with radios, machine guns, and assault rifles through a booby-trapped jungle in Vietnam.
It captures the moral confusion that is the legacy of the Vietnam War. This was the scene for my generation. Fifty years ago, my rural high school class of 1973 graduated with few job prospects and the U.S. military became one of the few options for students of limited means. The military draft had ended so others didn’t have to risk their lives to make rent.
Army leaders say their current surveys show that many youths don’t see the Army as a career choice, often because they don’t want to die or get injured, or deal with the stress of military life. According to the latest survey of military academy students, 21.4% of women said they experienced unwanted sexual contact in the 2022 school year, compared with about 16% in 2018. This is not a choice for my family.
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