Scott Mann

It's just we've deluded ourselves into thinking that we're not.

Yeah.

I told Sarah the other day, I said, there is significant blood on the hands.

of some leaders on the other side of this.

And I mean, at a scale we've never seen.

I mean, and it's just baffling.

And I think it's why so many GWAT generation veterans are really, really struggling, is because the national security threat is so high.

I think it's also why recruiting and retention are so bad, because the preponderance of a, a volunteer force is not an entitlement.

You know, it's a very fragile thing.

It's a national treasure to have a volunteer force in this world we live in today.

And we've squandered it.

We've just pissed it away.

And one of the big things that I think has happened is how much of the volunteer force is comprised of legacy war fighters that come from, they see their dad or their mom or their uncle, and they join.

You know, certainly why I joined.

And I think with what happened on August of 2021, and we systemically walked away from our allies and these young folks saw what it did to so many of our generation of war fighters, they said, you know what?

I think I'm good.

I think I'll pass.

That's what I'm hearing anyway.

It's anecdotal, but I think it's significant.

I have.