{"id":51449,"date":"2022-07-27T23:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T23:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/27\/why-some-families-arent-recommending-military-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:05:53","slug":"why-some-families-arent-recommending-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/07\/27\/why-some-families-arent-recommending-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some families aren\u2019t recommending military service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As all military service branches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2022\/06\/17\/bigger-military-bonuses-might-be-on-the-way-to-help-with-recruiting-retention\/\" target=\"_blank\">struggle to hit recruiting goals<\/a>, a new survey shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2022\/07\/18\/survey-raises-serious-questions-about-the-future-of-the-all-volunteer-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">fewer military and veteran family members are recommending military life to others<\/a>. The president of the Military Family Advisory Network shares why this could be the case, as well as pros and cons from her own military spouse journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/why-some-families-arent-recommending-military-service\/id1484913342?i=1000571323198&amp;itsct=podcast_box_player&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;theme=auto\" height=\"175px\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px; background: transparent;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the guests:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shannon Razsadin is the president and executive director of the Military Family Advisory Network, or MFAN. She was also recently selected through a competitive process to serve as one of three civilian advisors to the Secretary of Defense on the Military Family Readiness Council and is regularly called on by members of the press, including the Associated Press, CBS, CNN, FOX and NPR, as well as policymakers and Pentagon officials, to weigh in on pressing military family topics. Razsadin holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Spanish from Merrimack College, as well as a master\u2019s in higher education and higher education administration from The George Washington University. She is an active-duty Navy spouse and resides in Newport, Rhode Island, with her husband and two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the podcast:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spouse Angle is a podcast breaking down the news for military spouses and their families. 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