Last fiscal year, the military services collectively missed its recruitment goals by roughly 41,000 recruits.
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    A new Pew Research Center poll found that over half of adults under 30 years old have a negative view of the U.S. military, spelling trouble for already low recruitment numbers.

    Vazirani, who serves as deputy under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, called the issues causing the recruiting challenges “complex and multifaceted” in a December 2023 article on the DOD’s website.

    The Pew Research Center poll, which was published on Thursday, found that 53 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 believe that the military has a negative effect on the way things are going in the country.

    The survey, which looked at a wide array of American trends, was conducted between January 16 and 21, and had a margin of error for the full sample of 5,140 U.S. adult respondents of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

    Most of the causes of military recruiting challenges that were listed in the DOD article pertained to the younger population.

    To help combat the recruitment shortage, the DOD is trying to adapt to the “ever-changing digital landscape,” which includes social media.

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