Military Regulations and Public Perception

In this episode, Kate and Ben discuss potential changes to military regulations and recruitment requirements and potential reasons the nation's trust in the military has been declining. 
 
 Resources/Research:

• Army Expects to Miss Its Recruiting Goal Again This Year by Steve Beynon. Published in Military.com website May 2, 2023 and available on  https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/05/02/we-are-going-fall-short-army-will-miss-its-recruiting-goal-year.html/amp
• The U.S. military has a politics problem by Olivier Knox with research by Caroline Anders. Published in The Washington Post website December 1, 2022 and available on  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/us-military-has-politics-problem/
• How Many Times Has the US Officially Declared War? by Dave Roos. Published in History Channel website January 21, 2022 and available on  https://www.history.com/news/united-states-official-declarations-war 
• Contradicting Biden, top generals say they recommended a small force stay in Afghanistan by Rebecca Shabad. Published in NBC News website September 28, 2021 and available on  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pentagon-leaders-austin-milley-face-questions-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal-n1280230
• Vice Chiefs Talk Recruiting Shortfalls, Readiness Issues by Jim Garamone. Published in Department of Defense website April 20, 2023 and available on  https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3369472/vice-chiefs-talk-recruiting-shortfalls-readiness-issues
• War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era: Chapter 5: the Public and the Military. Published in Pew Research Center website October 5, 2011 and available on  https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/10/05/chapter-5-the-public-and-the-military/
• Key findings about America’s military veterans by Ruth Igelnik. Published in Pew Research Center website November 7, 2019 and available on  https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/11/07/key-findings-about-americas-military-veterans/
• Military and National Defense. Published in Gallup website and available on  https://news.gallup.com/poll/1666/military-national-defense.aspx

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