Survey Finds Only 1 in 3 Military Families Would Recommend Service

Less than a third of U.S. military families would recommend others join the military and embrace their lifestyle, according to a new survey by Blue Star Families. Among its new findings, Blue Star Families’ “2023 Military Family Lifestyle Survey” revealed that 32 percent of respondents would recommend military service. That figure is down from 55 percent of respondents who said they would recommend military service in the organization’s 2016 survey. Blue Star Families is a non-profit organization that researches the challenges facing military families. For its latest survey results, the organization polled more than 7,400 service members, veterans, and their families between May and July 2023....