The Top 3 Reasons Why People Don't Join the Military

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The Army conducted a survey of young people asking them for their thoughts about the military. 13% of respondents in that poll, ages 16 to 28, believe that women and minorities in the Army face discrimination. "I don't see us reinstating the draft," says Secretary of the Army Christine Warmth.

The US military faces its worst recruiting crisis since the draft ended in 1973. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth — aware of the military’s reputation of forever wars, veteran suicide, and sexual assault — is working to convince a new generation to enlist anyway.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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