A hybrid of a high tech corporation and an industrial age war machine, the Army is straddling two very different territories. On one hand, it needs increasingly educated, well trained, highly skilled, loyal and physically fit personnel. On the other, they offer low pay, poor work conditions, horrible HR practices and a condescending, babysitting mentality.
"Your ass is ours, maggot! Oh, has it been 4 years already? Please re-enlist! We need you!"
All well and good when dealing with conscripts or the poor and desperate. With today's military, it's increasingly easy to just walk away. You can lure good people in with patriotic themes and cash prizes, but you can't get them to stay unless you run a quality organization.
YUP.