our republican colleagues need to get out of the way or help us make something safer and different. our children certainly don t deserve it. chris deluzio, thank you so much and happy fourth to you. for years even as the number of new military recruits fell, the armed services could depend on children of military families joining up. now pipeline of new service member is drying up with an increase of veterans and even active duty officers telling their children the military may not be for them. the wall street journal reports today nearly 80% of all new army recruits have a family member who has served in uniform, according to the service, only 9% of young people ages 16 to 21 said last year they would consider military service. that s down from 13% before the pandemic, according to pentagon data. the u.s. army, navy, and air force all anticipate missing their recruitment goals this
military community. so what do you think about this article that we just quoted from the wall street journal saying that even family members of the military may not feel that it is the best spot for their children? i mean, i get that this has been your life s work, and that probably is a little disheartening to see that. yeah, you know, i read the article. and while a little of that may be true, i think if you look at the stats that 80% of army recruits have a parent serving in the military, i think that tells a little bit of a different story. the story is that, you know, parents are passing down their experience in the military as a positive one, largely, if 80% of army recruits have parents that served. my brother served and my brother learned about service because my dad is a retired marine corps colonel. my dad talks a lot about when he was growing up, he was his dad was a world war ii veteran, his coach was a veteran.
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that started about a decade ago, titled task force raptor, believed to be the army s largest investigation in history. the task at hand was to look into over 106,000 soldiers who were paid by the national guard recruiting assistance program and smaller counter part. the programs sought to increase enlistments by offering a cash reward for referrals and it did that, bringing in 150,000 new army recruits. but by 2012 it came under scrutiny due to the company that was contracted to run it and while the whole program was deemed illegal since the payments exceeded what congress allotted the army for bonuses. in comes in task force raptor to investigate possible fraud. while 137 soldiers ended up being charged, over 2500 soldiers were simply flagged or titled as part of the investigation. but the entry alone into the army s criminal investigation s log showed up like an arrest for felony when the information was uploaded into the fbi s criminal