Posted on Dec 15, 2015
Did you know that A World War II Veteran has Surprising Words for Millennials Who Won’t Join the Military?
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Did you know that A World War II Veteran has Surprising Words for Millennials Who Won’t Join the Military?
A new poll reveals that even when most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS, they are overwhelmingly unlikely to join the military themselves.
RP Members what do you think?
https://www.ijreview.com/2015/12/491627-harvard-poll-millennials-wwii-vets-draft/
Does that sound cynical? Well, a World War II veteran doesn’t blame them.
Legion of Merit recipient Gaetano Benza, who joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 and fought in Normandy, told Independent Journal that during World War II:
“Guys would quit school and quit jobs to go to war. I can understand why people would not do that today because America is not America anymore.
“Yes, it’s still the greatest country in the world but we’re involved in so many things. During World War II we were out to take out a tyrant; but ISIS is out to take over the world.”
Benza told Independent Journal:
“The enthusiasm (today) is not there like we had when we were joining for the war.
“I was ready to quit school. I was in my last year of graduation. I was going to a navigation school at that time and when war was declared I was 17. And a lot of my friends were ready to quit school. … But you needed mom and dad’s signature to join at 17 so when I was 18 I immediately went into the Army. …
“When we were there we were out there to do a job and complete that job. We fought all the way through to the end.
“The way we plan today is not the way we planned and they don’t have the generals we had: (Douglas) MacArthur, (George) Patton, (Dwight) Eisenhower. They were the ones who fought these battles and they led us into battle.”
A new poll reveals that even when most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS, they are overwhelmingly unlikely to join the military themselves.
RP Members what do you think?
https://www.ijreview.com/2015/12/491627-harvard-poll-millennials-wwii-vets-draft/
Does that sound cynical? Well, a World War II veteran doesn’t blame them.
Legion of Merit recipient Gaetano Benza, who joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 and fought in Normandy, told Independent Journal that during World War II:
“Guys would quit school and quit jobs to go to war. I can understand why people would not do that today because America is not America anymore.
“Yes, it’s still the greatest country in the world but we’re involved in so many things. During World War II we were out to take out a tyrant; but ISIS is out to take over the world.”
Benza told Independent Journal:
“The enthusiasm (today) is not there like we had when we were joining for the war.
“I was ready to quit school. I was in my last year of graduation. I was going to a navigation school at that time and when war was declared I was 17. And a lot of my friends were ready to quit school. … But you needed mom and dad’s signature to join at 17 so when I was 18 I immediately went into the Army. …
“When we were there we were out there to do a job and complete that job. We fought all the way through to the end.
“The way we plan today is not the way we planned and they don’t have the generals we had: (Douglas) MacArthur, (George) Patton, (Dwight) Eisenhower. They were the ones who fought these battles and they led us into battle.”
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I am not surprised that a World War II Veteran has disparaging words for millennials who won’t join the military.
However I am glad to learn that a new poll reveals most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS. With our decisions to use air power alone it is not surprising that people outside teh military are not inclined to join the military since we have not been engaging ISIS at a point where most people would be able to fight. Only pilots and special operators have been actually fighting.
However I am glad to learn that a new poll reveals most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS. With our decisions to use air power alone it is not surprising that people outside teh military are not inclined to join the military since we have not been engaging ISIS at a point where most people would be able to fight. Only pilots and special operators have been actually fighting.
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Polls and studies have one thing in common. They usually result in a conclusion that supports the views of the people paying for the poll/study.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I'm a millennial, don't be fooled by this survey it's pure BS, of course a 30 year old male or female who has something going on or have seen their better days would not want to serve if they haven't already did so like I did when I was teen.
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I agree. I personally might not have joined if I were 29 and married with a kid, or in any sort of similar situation. Joining at 18 was no problem, because I had no other real obligations to think about.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill - So, THAT'S why they don't do a general poll! Because they're afraid of the truth!
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That's the point that I was trying to make sir. They need to figure out what happens when Millennials get to old to join, and these Generation Z folks decided that they don't have or, they don't need to
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