country. that s why we re having record low ren particulars and recruitment into the military. i don t know who is going to come and instill pride in being an american again. the thing that worries me is these corrosive things we teach young people when they hear that, it will be hard to reverse that as adults. is that why military is missing recruitment goals by as high as 25%? that these kids don t want to go and serve our country? is this because of the messaging they re getting from the progressive left? is it the messaging they re getting on tiktok that says that the government is evil? you know, you mentioned another story. but is it social media is what they re ingesting they don t believe we re this great? frankly, we are. i do think that has a lot to do with it. as the wall street journal pointed out a few days ago, they said that legacy families whose whole idea is serving in the military, that s the profession, that is what the family does. they are dissueding their ch
military are struggling to hit recruitment goals, fewer young people joining or qualifying to do so. but one group is energizing high school students about the armed forces and to see it is a viable path forward. founder and president of salutes, a non-profit organization. ken, good to be with you. you wrote an op-ed foxnews.com in which you praised the virtues of military service with the headline, our military recruitment crisis robs today s young adults of these life changing opportunities. outline for us, give us the ten second elevator speech here, how does military service change people s lifetime opportunities. great to be with you on a very, very busy news day. so i m a shining example of that. i joined the army many, many years and like many people, many veterans tell you, leadership
attention in state legislatures for school choice bills floating around in states like texas. governor abbott calling a special session for school choice that could lead to more freedom next year. harris: you gave parents homework over the summer. i love that. what we did in our house, we put our young kids together right after the pandemic with their friends at our house or their house and they would study together during the summer. that works, too. they feed off its other. i learned so much reading your twitter. you have a lot going on for kids. appreciate you. thank you. our armed forces are struggling to meet recruitment goals and many republicans blame woke policies. but the military s top civilian leader says there is too much woke. we ll explain. plus the mayor of san francisco firing back at the media for covering increased crime and homelessness. critics say the crisis speaks for itself.
didn t hear that. instead hay went with the awe-inspiring name of liberty. and what this tells me is these are politicians and senior officers who were no more invested in this than the politicized move that it was. what i wore aaren t worry about is the mental health of our veterans as we turn the page on a 20-year war and now another aspect of their identity that they re trying to figure out as they move forward. rachel:st it s definitely not helping recruitment, recruitment goals are at 60,000, and they re down to the 45,000. so that s a problem for the military. you know, people who are familiar with communist countries are very accustomed to the renaming of bases and taking down of statues. do you think that s what s really behind it, that there is this sort of marxist idea that we have to rewrite our history in order to be to proud of ourselves today that we just need to start anew? oh, i don t know about that. i to do believe that there s
thought it was zoom i m not sure the air force motto is. but now they are aiming low and hopes of boosting recruits as they loosen fitness requirements to allow heavier people to serve. chris can have a bmi of 26% and 36% for women that obviously used to be lower. they still have to meet the physical fitness is requirements which i think writing a stationary bicycle for 30 meds or something. so you know, guys, not to drag down the air force with the whole appeal to the melters are going to set a standard edge and come beat it. i don t understand they re doing here i hate that loosing people coming and they re losing their recruitment goals but may be, don t spend too much time at a 20 year war you do not want to win. do not go right back to war over russia. maybe do some things like that or they want to join the. don t focus on local policy. make some fine points there my friend. [laughter] first lady joe biden biting both the winners and the losers of the women s college basketbal