{"id":550989,"date":"2023-02-12T17:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/army-sees-safety-not-wokeness-as-top-recruiting-obstacle\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T17:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T14:39:24","slug":"army-sees-safety-not-wokeness-as-top-recruiting-obstacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/army-sees-safety-not-wokeness-as-top-recruiting-obstacle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Army sees safety, not &#8216;wokeness,&#8217; as top recruiting obstacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac6a4d4e5b22\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac6a4d4e5b22\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/army-sees-safety-not-wokeness-as-top-recruiting-obstacle\/#Army_sees_safety_not_%E2%80%98wokeness_as_top_recruiting_obstacle\" >Army sees safety, not &#8216;wokeness,&#8217; as top recruiting obstacle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Army_sees_safety_not_%E2%80%98wokeness_as_top_recruiting_obstacle\"><\/span>Army sees safety, not &#8216;wokeness,&#8217; as top recruiting obstacle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 While some Republicans blame the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-lloyd-austin-e4047962b92087be278c6886e2e2d0c5\" data-ylk=\"slk:COVID-19 vaccine;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">COVID-19 vaccine<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/banks.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2113\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cwokeness\u201d;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">\u201cwokeness\u201d<\/a> for the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-business-covid-army-government-and-politics-6cae87a2c64b846a79b0b6e9175f1c93\" data-ylk=\"slk:Army's recruiting woes;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Army&#8217;s recruiting woes<\/a>, the military service says the bigger hurdles are more traditional ones: Young people don\u2019t want to die or get injured, deal with the stress of Army life and put their lives on hold.<\/p>\n<p>They \u201cjust don\u2019t see the Army as something that\u2019s relevant,\u201d said <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/downloads\/2021\/04\/30\/0bda5afb\/mg-fink-bio-2021apr30-webpage.pdf\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maj. Gen. Alex Fink;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Maj. Gen. Alex Fink<\/a>, head of Army marketing. \u201cThey see us as revered, but not relevant, in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/army-government-and-politics-098a687018ba50c237ed0cba24d6912f\" data-ylk=\"slk:offering new programs,;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">offering new programs,<\/a> advertising and enticements in an effort to change perceptions and reverse the decline.<\/p>\n<p>One incentive gives recruiters bonuses of up to $4,500 per quarter if they exceed their baseline enlistment requirement. A pilot program allows young enlisted soldiers \u2014 those in the three lower ranks \u2014 to get a promotion if they refer someone who enlists and goes to basic training. Only one promotion per soldier is allowed.<\/p>\n<p>The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers, or 25%, short of its 60,000 recruitment goal last year, when all the branches struggled to meet recruiting goals.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/leaders\/sa\/bio\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Army Secretary Christine Wormuth;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Army Secretary Christine Wormuth<\/a> said the Army has set a difficult goal for this year: aiming to bring in 65,000 recruits, which would be 20,000 more than in 2022. It\u2019s difficult to predict how it will go, she said, adding that recruiters need to do all they can to surpass last year\u2019s numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say it is a stretch goal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/army-government-and-politics-4e17a655ffedc3de579e414c55a80768\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wormuth;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Wormuth<\/a> said she and Gen. James McConville, the Army&#8217;s chief of staff, believed they needed to set a big goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are seeing some forward momentum. But It is still too early to tell where we will likely land at the end of this fiscal year. I know we will do better than we did last year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Guiding the Army&#8217;s efforts are surveys intended to help pinpoint why young people dismiss the Army as a career.<\/p>\n<p>Those surveys were conducted over four months last spring and summer. They involved about 600 respondents, ages 16 to 28, per month. The Army discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> findings with The Associated Press but declined to provide detailed methodology, saying the surveys were done by a private research contractor and that licensing agreements limited the public release of some data collection details.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that based on the surveys, young people simply do not see the Army as a safe place or good career path, and believe they would have to put their lives and careers on hold if they enlisted.<\/p>\n<p>Army leaders said very few say they are deterred from enlisting due to \u201cwokeness.\u201d In fact, concerns about discrimination against women and minorities is seen as a bigger issue, along with a more general distrust of the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWokeness\u201d is a slang term that originally described attentiveness to issues of racial and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> justice. Some people and groups, especially conservatives, now use it in a derogatory sense implying what they see as overreactions.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in Congress, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/banks.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2113\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rep. Jim Banks;cpos:8;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Rep. Jim Banks<\/a>, chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel, have pledged to target \u201cwokeness\u201d this year. Banks, R-Ind., has said \u201cexposing and dismantling the Biden administration\u2019s woke agenda that is driving down military recruitment and retention\u201d will be a top priority for him this year. His spokesman, Buckley Carlson, said combating \u201cwokeness\u201d at the Defense Department will be a key issue for the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>Banks and others have complained about the Pentagon\u2019s efforts to target extremism in the military, provide courses in critical race theory and other efforts to expand diversity. They say focusing on partisan issues pushed by the left takes away from the Pentagon\u2019s core missions, weakens the military and turns off recruits.<\/p>\n<p>But the Army says that on average, only 5% of the respondents in the surveys listed \u201cwokeness\u201d as an issue, compared with 13% who say they believe that women and minorities will face discrimination and not get the same opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Wormuth said the survey data is a tool to \u201cassuage the concerns that some may have, whether influencers or members of Congress, about wokeness or the vaccine mandate \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:9;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2023\/Jan\/10\/2003143118\/-1\/-1\/1\/SECRETARY-OF-DEFENSE-MEMO-ON-RESCISSION-OF-CORONAVIRUS-DISEASE-2019-VACCINATION-REQUIREMENTS-FOR-MEMBERS-OF-THE-ARMED-FORCES.PDF\" data-ylk=\"slk:which is now rescinded;cpos:9;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">which is now rescinded<\/a> \u2014 and show they are not, by any means, primary drivers of the recruiting challenges we\u2019re experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the information from the surveys also provides insight on how the Army needs to better explain its benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Fink, the Army&#8217;s marketing head, said the top three reasons young people cite for rejecting military enlistment are the same across all the services: fear of death, worries about post-traumatic stress disorder and leaving friends and family \u2014 in that order. He said the Army wanted a better understanding of any additional barriers to service, beyond those top three.<\/p>\n<p>By a \u201csignificant margin,\u201d he said, the most common response beyond Nos. 1-3 was, \u201cI will be putting my life on hold.\u201d That was cited by more than 1 in 5 people surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>Many young people do not know anyone in the Army and are unfamiliar with the jobs or benefits it offers. Fink said trust in government institutions, including the military, has declined, particularly among this group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just don\u2019t perceive the Army as being in touch with the modern, everyday culture that they\u2019re used to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fink said about 10% in the surveys say they do not trust military leadership, based on the way recent events or missions have been handled. That could include the Afghanistan withdrawal or use of the military during racial unrest and protests in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Other reasons get much smaller mentions. They include concerns about living conditions on military bases, getting assigned to unwanted jobs, the coronavirus vaccine and the \u201cwokeness\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, those reasons vary by region. But Fink said the \u201cwokeness\u201d issue was pretty consistent \u2014 between 4% and 5% across the nation, without much variance by gender or ethnicity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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