I have had a fairly positive experience with this topic. Most of the good Senior Leaders I have met , acknowledge that millennials were raised in a different atmosphere than us – but have the same reason and drive to join.

Task & Purpose wrote a fairly decent article on this subject, and although not very scholarly – shares some of my own sentiments about the younger generation of Soldiers.

What I found most profound is that most millennial Soldiers have only known an Army, or a United States,  in conflict since 2001, and have chosen to join anyway. I find this admirable in their willingness to serve.

-Steve