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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 23, 2024, 03:08:36 pm
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Would you recommend military service? New survey shows why majority say ‘No.’
By
Tessa Robinson
Mar 19, 2024 3:00 PM PDT
SUMMARY
Since 2009, Blue Star Families has asked the military community the hard questions about issues they face in hopes of lightening the load. This year’s survey is no different.
Since 2009, Blue Star Families has used its unbelievable reach to assess the state of the military family. From spouse unemployment to financial stressors, PCS problems to the military recruiting crisis, over 100,000 respondents have voiced their experiences to create change over the years.
The 2023 survey results are out and 7,431 service members, veterans and military family members answered the survey, with the largest demographic being military spouses.
Here are some of the key findings:
Active Duty & Spouses
When asked to "select up to five military life issues that most concern you right now," military spouses cited employment, pay, family separations, BAH/off-base housing concerns and dependent education as their top worries. For service members, it was family separations, pay, BAH/Off-base housing concerns, PCS issues and spouse employment.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/blue-star-families-2023-survey/
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They didn't poll illegal immigrants who are living off money intended for the military? :whistle:
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Looking at the top 10 concerns of active duty personnel and their spouses, it's the same list with different prioritization levels.
I did not recommend military service to my grandsons.
Not with the things going on, and serious questions about the nature of the conflicts dating back to 9/11 and their conduct (what's the end game, when is the job done and everyone can come home, and why not let them build their own nation, and get out, rather than try to impose Western values on an entirely different culture, for starters). The social experimentation was a kicker.
But then, I did not push college, either.
I did recommend trade school if they found some trade they really liked, but I adhere to the idea that doing something you love means you never really work (at least until you form your own company) and you get someone else to pay for all the neat tools and gadgets you get to use. People will always need the services of people who know how to 'do stuff'. I also advised them, by all means don't pigeonhole yourself, learn as much as you can about as much as you can, because you never know when you might need that knowledge.
Accomplish something each day, and you'll do fine. Be the best you can at whatever you do.