{"id":4305,"date":"2026-01-27T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-veterans-are-warning-young-americans-dont-join-the-military-the-truth-recruiters-wont-say\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:16:04","slug":"why-veterans-are-warning-young-americans-dont-join-the-military-the-truth-recruiters-wont-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-veterans-are-warning-young-americans-dont-join-the-military-the-truth-recruiters-wont-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Veterans Are Warning Young Americans: \u201cDon\u2019t Join the Military\u201d | The Truth Recruiters Won\u2019t Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YjpsywaFVLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Why are so many U.S. military veterans publicly saying \u201cdon\u2019t join the military\u201d? From broken promises and VA benefit delays to PTSD, repeated deployments, low pay, and difficult civilian transitions, veterans are speaking out like never before. This video breaks down the real reasons former service members warn young Americans to think twice before enlisting, including mental health struggles, service-connected injuries, and disillusionment after discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces. We also examine failures within the Department of Veterans Affairs and why recruitment numbers are falling nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>#Veterans #MilitaryRecruitment #DontJoinTheMilitary #USMilitary #VeteransAffairs #PTSD #MilitaryTruth #VeteranBenefits #MilitaryLife #Army #Navy #AirForce #Marines #SpaceForce<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are so many U.S. military veterans publicly saying \u201cdon\u2019t join the military\u201d? From broken promises and VA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault-334.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}