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by dmoy 873 days ago
Also the vast majority don't get their 20. It's like >80% leaving before 20 yrs.

The bigger contributing factors to declining enlistment are: general lack of support for the military among younger people (the latest round of forever wars didn't exactly help), better options in the civilian world (especially increasing benefits on student loan suppprt), and decreasing physical fitness (the increase in obesity rates directly lowers the available recruitment population).
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AniseAbyss 873 days ago
People have different ideas about life. If you can get a 9-5 job that pays the bills why join the military and be deployed overseas for months on end not being a part of your family?

The civilian sector has the same problem with truck drivers and maritime shipping.

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dmoy 873 days ago
Yup exactly

> The civilian sector has the same problem with truck drivers and maritime shipping.

Hell, maritime anything. Even super local ferry work has a hard time recruiting.

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