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The armed forces are struggling bring in enough enlistees to fill their ranks. Reversing the trend could require reconsidering who they try to recruit and how they reward those who do sign up.
The results represent a slight uptick in young people joining the military, reversing a dismal trend as the services struggled to overcome severe restrictions on in-person recruiting mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the low unemployment rate and stiff competition from private companies able to pay more and provide similar or better benefits.
A "war for talent" is how the Army is describing its plummeting recruitment numbers. The military targets teenagers and young adults, but get this: most of them aren't qualified to serve.
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Drill instructors hammer into recruits a rigid moral code of honor, courage and commitment with the goal, according to the Marine Corps, of producing young Marines “thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Corps and Country … the epitome of personal character, selflessness, and military virtue.” The code is unyielding.
There are plenty of reasons young recruits should join the military, Paschall said -- the discipline and the sense of loyalty and duty in military life are all selling points he brings up. But mainly, he likes the idea of being a mentor. "As a recruiter, when we meet these young men and women, we take a personal bond to them," he added.
In the aftermath of World War II military recruitment shifted significantly. With no war calling men and women to duty, the United States refocused its recruitment efforts to present the military as a career option, and as a means of achieving a higher education. A majority – 55% – of all recruitment posters would serve this end.
This includes the Army Core Values, military time, rank structure, the history of the hand salute, General Orders for Sentries, and other relevant information. Stripes for Skills often takes place during the second drill allows especially knowledgeable recruits to receive early promotions in rank (stripes) based on the demonstration of the ...