The results of a new survey of military and veterans and spouses \u2014 including details on financial difficulties \u2014 raise concerns about the future of the military, said the executive director of the organization that conducted the survey.<\/p>\n
Fewer military, veterans and spouses are likely to recommend military service, according to the findings, and the reasons are related to their own well-being, said Shannon Razsadin, president and executive director of the Military Family Advisory Network.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, families are having a hard time making ends meet, and that\u2019s affecting their overall well-being,\u201d she said. \u201cWe see the connection between well-being and loneliness, well-being and housing, well-being and food security. When you layer that on top of the fact that fewer people are likely to recommend military service, it paints a very clear picture of concern related to the future of the all-volunteer force.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is the fourth survey fielded by the organization, generally every two years. This time, the biggest surprise, said Razsadin, was the drop in the percentage of survey respondents who said they would recommend military life \u2013 from 74.5% in 2019 to 62.9% in 2021.<\/p>\n
The online Military Family Support Programming Survey was fielded from Oct. 4 to Dec. 15, 2021, with 8,638 participating. The largest group of respondents was spouses of active duty members, at 44%, followed by active duty members, at 14%. Nearly 60% of the respondents overall were between the ages of 25 and 39.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was troubling for us,\u201d Razsadin said. \u201cIt was really the fact that families do not feel like military life lines up with family life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on their answers, the reasons were related to frequent separations, and the fact that military life is not conducive to family life, she added, noting that the fact that the survey was conducted on the heels of the U.S. military\u2019s exit from Afghanistan in 2021 didn\u2019t show up in the findings, however.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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