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This thread is fantastic and summarizes what I’m seeing in real time but have been struggling to verbalize/adapt to. Dynamics have shifted significantly and expectations are different but we’re still scratching our heads and writhing about phone trees and trunk-or-treats. 
1/ https://twitter.com/alburr03/status/1357798216499154953
1/ https://twitter.com/alburr03/status/1357798216499154953
Spouse/SO career (NOT just employment) opportunities are hugely important to our young soldiers, enlisted and officer. They don’t want to compromise with something “portable” nor do they want to reinvent every 2-3 years. 2/
I’m talking unique careers in tech, business, law, science, the arts, things that can’t bounce around every couple of years and don’t thrive in places that the Army has the flag planted. 3/
My sense is that most of them roll into their first assignment with a sort of “don’t worry, we’ll figure it out” kind of mindset, but when the (current) realities of the profession set in, they see the hard choices & compromises staring them down and the door is going to win. 4/
We’ve either got to figure this out now, or we’re going to be scrambling in a few years when we’re bleeding talent. Lastly- this dilemma is significant BEFORE we even talk family planning... which compounds things for them 10x. /end
