“As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data provided to Military.com. A significant portion of that total – roughly 14,000 – comes from the service’s delayed-entry program, or DEP, which is composed of recruits who signed up last year but are only now shipping out to basic training.”
Young men are feeling disenfranchised and are being drawn into a structure that they believe empowers them.
Could be worse… could be the military…
Oh, wait…
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3953052/recruitment-rises-125-despite-ongoing-challenges/
“The Defense Department’s armed services branches recruited 12.5% more people in fiscal year 2024 than in the year prior”
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/21/army-recruiting-upswing-service-hits-85-of-annual-goal-5-months-left.html
“As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data provided to Military.com. A significant portion of that total – roughly 14,000 – comes from the service’s delayed-entry program, or DEP, which is composed of recruits who signed up last year but are only now shipping out to basic training.”
The army is a job. That could be motivation enough without him being some gun-clutching bully.
I hated their take on Ukraine, but Boy Boy had a pretty good video showcasing SOME of the content creators shilling for the army.