{"id":11185,"date":"2018-01-19T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/19\/warrior-caste-is-a-public-disconnect-hurting-military-recruiting-efforts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:03:19","slug":"warrior-caste-is-a-public-disconnect-hurting-military-recruiting-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/19\/warrior-caste-is-a-public-disconnect-hurting-military-recruiting-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Warrior caste\u2019: Is a public disconnect hurting military recruiting efforts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military leaders are looking for the best ways to recruit the next generation of troops amid a growing divide between the military and civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 80 percent of new military recruits come from families with a history of service, but that number is shrinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Defense Department, 15 percent of young adults have a parent who served, a drop from 40 percent in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s also a declining rate of family members who served who are recommending joining the military to their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the late 1990s, more than 80 percent of service members recommended serving, according to research by Booz Allen Hamilton and Blue Star Families, a nonprofit organization that serves those in the military community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, only 40 percent of those serving recommended that path to their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A panel of experts discussed these setbacks and how to address them at the Bipartisan Policy Center on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, the event\u2019s keynote speaker, said there\u2019s not a lot of focus on how to develop and attract the next generation of great leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre we becoming a warrior caste where those who serve are in families with long traditions of service?\u201d Wilson said, adding that nothing is wrong with that in and of itself. \u201cBut does it raise the civilian-military divide?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This also means, she said, that the burden of continuous combat operations has fallen on a relatively small number of people and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new commission created by Congress also launched on Thursday, which will focus on ways to increase military and civic service among American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 11-member National Commission on Military, National and Public Service will travel the country in 2018 and 2019 to \u201cignite a national conversation around service and develop recommendations that will encourage and inspire all Americans, particularly young people, to serve,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/12\/why-dont-more-people-serve-the-us-is-launching-a-commission-to-find-out\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3943925.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why don&#8217;t more people serve? The US is launching a commission to find out<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Eleven commissioners will travel the country in 2018-19 to learn how to increase military and civic service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department and various organization are also working on ways to educate people who don\u2019t have ties to the military and to get them excited about signing up to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2018This Is Your Military\u2019 <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Feb. 1, the Defense Department is launching the \u201cThis Is Your Military\u201d initiative to inform the public on what military is doing today and how it affects civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to showcase how the military is relevant to Americans\u2019 lives on a daily basis,\u201d said Amber Smith, the DoD\u2019s deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative includes a video series to highlight service members\u2019 stories and dispel myths about the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said most of Hollywood\u2019s stories about the military focus on two extremes: larger-than-life individuals and veterans who are broken and can\u2019t adjust to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have everyone else who exists as veterans,\u201d said Smith, a former combat helicopter pilot in the Army. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to be these heroes who will have a movie made about them, but they still contributed a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said the initiative wants to share these stories so America can get to know this side of troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to articulate the message of what the military\u2019s doing to a non-military audience and create interest for people who don\u2019t necessarily care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reach that broader audience, the Defense Department will work with media, nonprofits, educators, Hollywood, sports leagues and other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to give Americans the opportunity to get to know who is serving,\u201d Smith said. \u201cA lot of people think, you join the military you\u2019re going to combat. We want people to see we\u2019re more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in February, each month will feature fresh content to show civilians what serving in the military is actually like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow @DoDOutreach and #KnowYourMil on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to find out more about the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families and a military spouse, said civic education has somehow petered out in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople respect the military because they know they\u2019re supposed to, but they have no idea what we do,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to encourage someone to do the job when they don\u2019t know what the job is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s up to those in the military community to tell their stories, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Amped up recruiting <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Secretary Wilson said the Air Force will continue to recruit from states that have a large pool of 18-year-olds, including California, Texas and Florida, but the service wants to attract people from other areas, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbout 1 in 10 recruits come from New England,\u201d she said. \u201cWe intend to increase focus in geographic areas where we think there are young people who can be inspired to serve but may not have a family connection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson said the Air Force added about 600 recruiters and will put them in regions that are underrepresented, including the northeastern part of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Star Families\u2019 Roth-Douquet said one of her favorite recommendations is to have all 18-year-olds register for selective service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They would take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to see what they would be good at in the military, and \u201cit would tell them about jobs they probably didn\u2019t know existed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd it would allow recruiters to see certain talents,\u201d Roth-Douquet said. \u201cWe only need 5 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds, and [this plan] wouldn\u2019t be very expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also would give the potential recruits a moment to picture themselves in the military, which could be enough to encourage them to join, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2018Hard to be what you can\u2019t see\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though there\u2019s a higher percentage of women serving in the military than in previous years, the military wants that number to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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