Our Low Recruitment Numbers are a Reflection of Our Low Morale

Morale is defined as confidence, discipline, or enthusiasm of a group. It also means willingness to do something and the group’s belief that they can get said thing done. This concept is extremely important in the Army. If an Army’s morale is low, then they won’t be able to fight effectively, no matter how fancy their weapons, training, or supplies. Likewise, if a nation’s morale is low, it will not be able to do much, no matter how advanced or wealthy it is.

This GWOT (Global War On Terror) veteran thinks national low morale is the main reason for our low recruitment numbers.

But why is our morale so low?

Simply put, the country isn’t the same. A personality on Gab said that it seems like “someone has killed America and is wearing her skin.” An accurate and sobering analogy I agree with-because what would today’s youth fight for?

Freedom of Speech?

A wonderful idea, but there is no freedom of speech in this country. Not really, not anymore. True, the government technically can’t come after you for your speech, (although the January 6th prisoners would disagree), but we have privileged mobs foaming at the mouth for any opportunity to destroy people, and they change the etiquette of our language frequently to cast a bigger net for violators. Should today’s youth fight for their continued right to dox and destroy? Hard pass.

The right to bear arms?

Some states make gun ownership so cumbersome that it is really a soft ban on weapons. In Hawaii, the process of registering firearms is such a chore, that military relocating there leave their guns on the mainland. Oregon just passed a law that requires new gun owners to take a class no one offers, and there’s evidence that some of these school shootings may be inspired by the FBI to change public opinion against the second amendment. A meme on Gab said: “they’re going to stage school shootings until you give up your firearms, and then they’re going to shoot you.” Can’t say I’m looking forward to being right about that one, although I wouldn’t be surprised if I was.

Representative government?

Some might feel represented, but many watched in horror in 2020 as states flipped from red to blue at 3 am, and evidence of fraud was brought to court but never heard. Even if Joe’s win is legitimate, it sure doesn’t look that way, many sure feel disenfranchised, and no one wants to fight for lies.

A secure country?

“Please”-with an eyeroll. They’ve thrown our borders wide open for fentanyl, misery, and crime they import by the millions, and the GWOT veterans who say something about are told “shut up, racist!” right after they ironically “thank us for our service.” The sad truth is that today’s military has little to do with securing our country and everything to do with securing our politicians’ bankroll.

“What about Russia!?” I hear someone screaming through the screen.

“What about Russia?” I yawn right back. I don’t and can’t know Russia because all I know about Russia came from the media, and we all know how honest they’ve been. Therefore, because I cannot know Russia, I cannot judge her for good or for ill. The only thing I know for sure about Russia is that she did NOT muzzle my children, induce lockdown insanity, or bully millions into an unethical experiment. One guess who did.

Another driver of low morale and low recruitment is that Gen Xers and Millennials (the GWOT veterans) are telling their kids “no.” For years most of the new recruits came from military families; service men and women encouraged their “military brats” to join like themselves. The military was something of a “family business.”

Well not anymore, we are telling our kids to RUN, not walk away.... and can you blame us?

We GWOT veterans were promised if we fought them there, we wouldn’t have to fight them here. And then we watched in horror as thousands of unvetted middle easterners arrived to transform Dearborn Michigan and broadcast the call to prayer over New York.

We were promised these colors wouldn’t run, and then they not only ran, they stumbled. Like Joe Biden up a flight of stairs we horrifically left what we’d shed so much blood to secure. We did what no other empire had done, we had won Afghanistan, only to piss it away. It was shameful, it was a disgrace, and it was a burning reminder that this Commander in Chief cannot lead a frog out of a hole, much less troops into battle.

GWOT veterans may not have been spit on or called “baby killers” like the Vietnam veterans, but what we gave our lives and health for was spit on, and that’s just as bad. Given this, it’s no wonder that parents of what should be the next generation of military fighters have low morale, and low enthusiasm for what used to be the family business.

Naturally, their children will too.