Army sees safety, not ‘wokeness,’ as top recruiting obstacle

[rangerrebew]

Army sees safety, not ‘wokeness,’ as top recruiting obstacle
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
 Feb 12, 10:49 AM

 
While some Republicans blame the COVID-19 vaccine or “wokeness” for the Army’s recruiting woes, the military service says the bigger hurdles are more traditional ones: Young people don’t want to die or get injured, deal with the stress of Army life and put their lives on hold.

They “just don’t see the Army as something that’s relevant,” said Maj. Gen. Alex Fink, head of Army marketing. “They see us as revered, but not relevant, in their lives.”


Addressing those longtime issues has taken on greater urgency as the Army tries to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, a situation aggravated by the tight jobs market. The Army is offering new programs, advertising and enticements in an effort to change perceptions and reverse the decline.
 
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/02/12/army-sees-safety-not-wokeness-as-top-recruiting-obstacle/

[rangerrebew]

If a big hairy arm and hand descended from the heavens and slapped the Chief of Staff along side the head and said "its wokeness stupid, not safety," the heavenly host would still be denied because, to the military, anything would be better than admitting they were wrong about wokeness.

[Smokin Joe]

How can safety be considered when wokeness takes precedence over competence.

That and the prospect of losing your job (regardless of competence or time at it) because you don't want to be a lab rat for Pfizer or Moderna or J&J...