Australian Defence Forces ‘desperate’ in search for recruits 

Who would've thought that teaching generations of Australians to hate their country would have consequences?

haha fight for a country that hates me for being white and male, Yeah Nah.

As a veteran myself, l have to say why would any young man want to join the military, just to end up fighting for American multinationals, being forced to have unnecessary jabs.

Former ADF and not only would I never go back I'd actively discourage my children from joining. 2020-2023 completely destroyed what little faith I still had in Australia, it's government and unfortunately the majority of it's people.

I served 19 years. And loved it But why would anyone want to join to defend and serve a country. That our politicians sell out every single day. Maybe if our politicians had a back bone and stood by Australia and the defence more people would join. Our politicians carry on like children and the parliament house is nothing more than a day care centre.

One of the big draws in Western nations towards military careers is defending their people from tyranny, many people in Australia, Ireland, Canada, America and the UK already feel like they're under tyranny so it makes no difference to them.

1. Leadership is focused on appeasing Politicians through social engineering. 2. Lack of care or concern for the people currently serving. 3. Lack of care for people post separation. 4. Lack of realistic spending to meet operational contingencies and force progression with new tech and innovation. Why would you enlist when the current trend is how much we hate Australia and its values? We have stripped our nation of its identity and its pride.

I’m a Veteran 🇦🇺 why would you ….. I’ve told my sons the Army’s out for them….To woke and we are not valued anymore

Thank albosleezy he wanted a woke military now people don't want to join

The problem did not happen overnight, the military leadership has allowed this to happen

When you see how our ex military are treated why would their siblings join.., then u have ppl in ALP, Greens etc who are embarrassed by Australia 🇦🇺..

Most Australian men don’t want to fight in a army that will have to fight people that politician’s let into Australia in hundreds of thousands a year

I will never fight for this country under the Labor Government.

Albanese is ashamed of the Australian heritage...he wants to give Australia back to the ABBOs...get the ABBOs to fight

What do you expect The citizens see the government as the enemy

If the government focused on building a defense force instead of pushing wokeness we might still have a defence force

Why would any young kid join up, when dogs go behind their backs and rat them out, I wouldnt let any of my children or grand children join the Australian Armed Forces.

This is what happens when you remove war fighters and cater to a little number of rainbow unicorns.

If ADF Recruitment actually answered their phone……..

When Government policy treats the public badly why would the public VOLUNTEER to help and protect the government?

I spent over 25 years in the ADF. What do I think of the direction we are going as a country? I’m leaving. I’m going to live in a country that appreciates me and is welcoming to everyone.

What we have is a PTSD issue, a suicide issue, a morale issue and an image issue.

Ask yourselves, would you die for Adam bandt, sarah hanson-young, Alegra spencer, Zali Stegall, and co.

On leaving school, my son tried to sign up for the army. He had top grades at school and was doing two years ahead in maths. He was an athlete that represented Australia at youth world championships. He passed the army tests with top grades and was offered any job he wanted. He chose and was told due to only recruiting women at that time he would have to wait. Two years later he got sick of waiting and started an apprenticeship. He recently completed his apprenticeship and still hasn’t heard back. That should tell you everything.

Get all the woke politicians and bureaucrats family’s to join up! Also the family’s of big businesses supporting the Agenda’s sons and daughter’s and let’s not forget the Aborigines who claim Australia 🇦🇺 surely it’s worth fighting for.

They have a history of treating people like crap.

But but Australia bad. Remember. Why would we fight for people that don't even like the country. 😂😂😂😂

This tends to happen every time a labor government controls parliament. I still remember John Howard stopping into the mess at Williamtown without any press or cameras just to say thanks... and I also remember the treatment of Rudd was like the Defence force kicked his dog.

Hey Its not my country remember. I keep getting welcomed to it. Get the Traditional Owners to Defend it. 🖕

Albanese has this problem solved, three new regiments are to be formed up of women, who were men before.

Joining defence is a calling. I'm an Air Force veteran who now works as a transition coach. I love helping veterans in spite of ADF morale continuing to drop, and Canberra not valuing its serving members. Post transition, so many veterans are shocked at how the country they protected and preserved doesn't give a stuff about them, except me, I will always cherish my comrades ❤

Australia is now a service economy.

How many jabs required to enlist?

They got strict gun laws ,who in hell wants to go to the military with out guns

wow, how embarrassing as a country, "We can't defend ourselves". Bloody embarrassing.

Who would be silly enough to volunteer to fight for an Albanese government ?

They gone woke so f the ADF. And I’m an ex serving personnel from RAAF.

What more could you expect when an entire generation is being neutered?

The ADF is not an attractive proposition for recruiting and retention in an economic environment where unemployment is quite low. The public inquiries into bullying, sexual assault, veteran suicide and homelessness have also brought the organisation into disrepute ☹️. Our politicians blithely send young Australian servicemen and women into danger, into conflicts that cannot be won and which have little relevance to the security of our country. We enter into these conflicts to curry favour with the American government and to protect the profits of multinational corporations. I am a veteran with 25 years service to our nation and am proud to have served but would not encourage young people to enlist in the current climate 🇦🇺

I keep getting told it's not my country. Why the F*^* would i fight for it.

Albo should be embarrassed

From June 2022 to June 2023 the ADF had a net lost ( after recruitment taken into account ) of 860 personal

I have multiple children serving in the ADF. I feel the issue is leadership. ADFA should be scrapped as a broken system. That elitist process doesn’t create leaders of quality who understand their people. A clean out of senior leadership is also needed - by every metric they are failing. There are more rank than diggers now which also tells a story. And the organisation is poorly run - soldiers not treated well with a supporting system of suppliers all about making a margin. Fundamentals like awful food, facilities from the 1970s, training with broken equipment (if there is enough equipment). If it was a corporate you would completely reset it all. That isn’t going to happen because the leadership will always take care of its own and the govt won’t spend the money. So defending our country is left to those who still commit, wake up everyday and train and train for the worst of times.. and would step in as soon as asked… without little support from anyone. We should all be embarrassed and thanks Erin for continuing to raise the issue.

Remember they didn't want the purebloods when the draft comes

Perhaps that should have been more worried about the recruitment rather than dancing at Mardi gra or going after our SF Soldiers.

You won’t find new recruits shopping at Big W and Woolworths.

Less women in combat roles would help recruiment

Why join the military when you can get into trouble for misgendering your coworkers?

When I joined it was a career. Mind you, the pension we got for doing 20 years is pathetic and taxed. Go figure.

Get rid of the Woke General Campbell.

they didn't cover a single ACTUAL issue that is deterring people from joining... funny that...

Imagine having your military leadership not only announce the day of attack and the location, they also put it all on social media and make a short film about the operation months ahead. They execute the operation to be surprised why they were wiped out. Sound familiar? Ukraine counter offensive maybe? I would not trust any leadership in Australia in general.

If the government didn’t destroy the country from within, we’d have a country worth fighting for. I sincerely hope we’re not doomed, but I think it’s too late.

Recruiters should heavily focus on indigenous recruitment. They're the ones who always shout proudly that this is ''MY LAND!'' , time for them to back that up and actually fight for it.

I left school in year nine did an apprenticeship and eventually had a successful fifteen year career becoming an executive chef running and leading large hotel kitchen brigades. After 15 years i decided on a career change and tried to join the navy a few years ago .. except i was rejected because I had not passed year 10 . They told me at the age of 32 i needed to go back to school and do year ten or v.c.e to be accepted..

The main reason anyone takes a job is for money, career and the potential perks of the job. Advertising wokeness to try and interest a 0.5% segment of the population is pointless. Advertise for doctor training, nurse training, mechanic training, pilot license along with the military side is basic but it's also the reality of what is needed and what some soldiers will be doing.

Taking pride in our country can begin again with promoting "Australia Day" 🇦🇺 that would be an advantageous way to start. The old tune on TV'S across Australia was the " Come on Aussie, Come on, Come on"....Remember that one in the '70's and '80's... A NATIONAL PROMO is a no- brainer, imo... Encourage schools to invite local Diggers, service personnel into the schools to have conversations with Aussie kids, and in the High schools to inspire the younger generations... we NEED a government working to further our national protection, and security NOT throw the nation under the bus, or the sub potentially 😮🤔

I did 10 years in the Regular Army. I wouldn’t join today and I’m glad my kids don’t want to.

Ask Angus Campbell, the CDF on a very large salary, why his soldiers sailors and airman opps sorry Aviators wouldn't want to affend anyone, are leaving in droves and not wanting their children or recommending the ADF as a career. It wasnt that long ago he was sprouting about diversity as the future to harness human capital, and hailing the end of the stero typical Australian soldier. Hows that working out, in any normal civilian job a senior manager who has failed so many times would be removed. Angus Campell the CDF of the ever shrinking DF.

we dont fight for terrorist gov

I am interested by the current Navy ads. One features a whole bunch of women doing a whole bunch of things outside the job. The other shows a woman handing a kid a hat on a beach. I am not sure how many women join up to do other things or hand out clothing. I don’t understand why the Navy does not glorify and promote the job and their tech - it is what traditionally works.

I m joining RAAF soon and I m proud of ADF. People need to understand it’s not time to argue rather to act and support the defence.

Nobody loves a warrior, Until the enemy is at the gate.

If there’s nothing wrong with the helicopters, why won’t The PM give them to Ukrainian. One can only allege the PM has aligned Australia with China, Russia, Iran and Nth Korea?

strange that, a few months ago the US was in the same situation, begging for people to enlist & then all of a sudden Governor Durbin announced they were hiring thousands of migrants & would fast track their citizenship if they served the country, he announced this at a presser so the video is easy to find

The military has to be rebuilt from the ground up, the current system of officers running the show because they have some pathetic degree is a cancer that needs to go. On top of that, morale is crippled from stuffing people around, so nobody wants to stay in. Third, what is the benefit you get compared to a normal job, money isn’t that great, you have to move to towns far from home and come out with injuries that take forever to go through a shoddy DVA process to prove you have said injuries that relied on doctors keeping all your paperwork. Yeah, fail to see the problems here…

But who wants to be a pretend soldier . Until it becomes normal again ,they can stick the military.

If you want to clean up after floods in QLD......

The ADF need to allow more homesteading so ADF members families have more stability. Being in the ADF is very hard on families having to move town every 2 years for each posting. In Sweeden I think it is, a person will join a squadron or unit and stay there at the one base for 20 years. Families don't like moving constantly and that's why ADF personnel are leaving.

Yea, im sure they see they way our veterans are treated, and they say, "SIGN ME UP!"

Come on all you Gen X Men. Hitch up your Skirts and Join up. It will do you good. 😂

GOVERNMENT NEED TO BRING BACK PENSION AFTER 20 YEARS SERVICES, IF GOVERNMENT DO THAT NUMBER WILL BE MORE

Our son is 35 and signing up to the military. We're Maori who've been in Sydney since 1979. His grandfather was 28th Maori Battalion and my brother Victor 6 Vietnam. An enormously proud occassion for our family. I know other Maori in the Australian forces. If you going to adopt another country, then you should be willing and ready to defend it.

Who wants to go fight with some bloke who has to make sure he’s got his mascara on right. No way would I let a son of mine join that shite show.

You always here this screaming for recruits business, I think they just enjoy rejecting applicants.

A huge start would be to accept EVERYONE with an IQ over 85 who applies. Even last year I was hearing that as little as 35% of applicants were being accepted....preposterous! A lot of $$ is being spent on big-ticket future equipment, but not enough is being spent on recruitment of personnel and training. We should be heading for a regular force size of 150,000 across the 3 services. Add the same benefits to the Reserves and you'll see ex-regulars happily join up. A GDP spending regime in our current circumstances should be around 3.5% if we want be serious.

when you are aware that the ADF is the most ill equipped and the lowest government funded agency, you would think twice about joining, and to think they want to recruit non-Australians just shows how low the ADF standards are, not only does Australia need better technology and hardware but we also need manpower,

All men that have migrated into Australia in the last 15 years should do mandatory military service in my opinion.

Australia, you're going to need recruits real soon. Id advise the Australian government to bring in national service or you will regret it. A lot is happening now

What about all the teen crime make them serve till 18

Legalise weed and you will have me signing up as an fitter and turner working as a hydraulics tech for car manufacturers and all the other company's suppling them parts until 2016. If i can rebuild a concrete pumping truck and massive booms hydraulics, build custom cars and harleys in my spare time Then i can fix shit in a factory or on the front line for the defence force. Ive delth with some pretty serious ADHD growing up that brought on other issues as a toddler to young adult, Now im older the depression and social anxiety i had back then doesnt bother me and i use my ADHD to my advantage. If its something im interested in then im very focused on it. And i do love mechanical engineering and trying to problem solve or make machines better and more efficient. i just need to be able to turn my brain off at night and id prefer a bit of weed rather than a bunch of pharmaceuticals, doctors appointments and prescriptions..

Where is Australian loyalty to their country?

I was in it and in infantry and loved it and served overseas for Aust.......im just sad i got old, but boy it was the best time with mates and free medical dental super ...pity they age hasnt increased to re join...just in 40's....but it depends on the person and how proud they are..thats the problem...

No wonder - when DEI and correct “pronouning” is of far more importance than the care and proper training of “combat ready troops” in all services (and ESPECIALLY the care of Veterans who return wounded both mentally and physically) - how can that be surprising ?

You’re going to need recruits reeeeeal soon…

What a joke. My son wanted to go into the army but after countless interviews over the phone ,they said he wasn't suitable. He's has an apprenticeship now. If they came looking when there was a war I'd tell them to bugger off.

😡 DO CONSCRIPTION GET CRIMS DRUGGIES OF THE STREET 😡😡😡😡😡

If they ever draft, they'd give the new Aussies a free pass.

Go woke go broke 😢

After we put the woke, Australian hating Airbus Albo into power this country is not worth fighting for. WE NEED TO DO ALOT BETTER.

The ADF has spent 5 years eating its own Victoria Cross winning heroes, Special Forces and Commandos. We talked our daughter and our 2 nephews out of joining for that very reason. There are 100 Generals and 40,000 administrators for 60,000 personnel. The ADf refuses to support Ukraine and advocates not sending 48 out of service Taipans, refuses to send any of the 1,000 Hawkei’s (an Highway certification issue), and has 1,200 Bushmasters sitting in car parks, all of which should be sent to Ukraine today. Build new in Australia to replace them. Shut it down and turn off the lights.

Double the pay, double the holidays and allow them to work from home.....drone operator's...

😂 How about paying people correctly. Or making sure their skills are transferable to civilian life.

I've been in for 12 years. It's had its ups and downs, but overall, I've loved it.

I can come over and be sweeper for the army!!!!! I am jobless and in financial trouble here in Kenya.

Maybe the Australian Gov't can hire mercenaries like Russia is doing?

follow up psychological care is seriously lacking with a drastic rise in veteran suicides... service, and values and blah blah, basic care is lacking for return service personnel, overly encouraging for recruitment... I sometimes think the raising of university fees has to do with encouraging people to join the defence force, more so for the US, but it feels like a global push towards service with the rise in people attending university...

I am a bit surprised. The army offers free compulsory vaccinations.

Throw in incentives like an XBox or Playstation you'll get lots of recruits. Canada is having same problem as Australia. Now they're allowing permanent residences, tattoos, long hair and beards. Paying signing bonuses and accelerated pay. Goodluck Australia.

People need to walk away from the force with a trade.thats not all but it all needs to be connected. Have a look we are an island nation and can't build a ship and service it .with either crew or maintenance Government and politicians are asleep at the wheel . .