Chapter 4: Enabling Veterans To Continue To Serve

In order to help convince parents to support their children in joining the military, Veterans need to be inspired to transparently tell their past experiences.  

Solution: All service members should be put in a college degree program to build toward their future so they desire more to help the institution once they are out of it.

Zoomers are moving in with Boomers. In a trend that mirrors what has occurred over the past decades with our European counterparts, many young adults are moving back home with their parents. Perhaps due to the rising cost of rent or the practice being made more socially acceptable by the pandemic, parents have a more significant impact on Z than the rebellious Millennials, who would look down upon living at home. Along with this reconnection to home living comes the natural desire in any young person to please one's parents. It's human nature to want to make Mom and Dad proud, and parents often are major driving influences on young Zers' decisions. It logically tracks that to recruit more Zoomers into the military, part of the strategy must involve persuading their parents. This monumental and life-changing decision often comes after deep, and sometimes painful, conversations with elders. A significant concern for 21st-century parents is the outcomes their children will have when joining the service. Besides safety, which is usually paramount, education and future job prospects when assimilating back into society are at the top of their mind. Only one group knows about the transformation and reintegration that encompasses an entire cycle of 21st-century service: modern Veterans. To help convince parents to support their children in joining the military, Veterans need to be inspired to transparently tell how their experiences impacted their future…