The military's recruiting issues are being blamed on the strong job market and a variety of other factors. But there's little hard data pointing to any specific cause.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the defense appropriations bill function as Congress’s yearly shaping mechanism for the Department of Defense (DOD). Because it is one of the few authorization bills reliably passed every year, the NDAA assumes oversized importance for both Congress and the DOD. In an increasingly more threatening global security environment, where the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation are actively challenging U.S. interests, the NDAA gains even more importance.
In a press release earlier this month, the department claimed that Gen Z is inactive lifestyle would lead to more difficulties during bootcamp training.