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Derrick Van Orden: “The DoD's recruiting is horrible now, worse since the…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Questions Witnesses on Veteran Suicide Prevention in VA EO Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 09:37

You shouldn't have seven people telling you what to do. And this is just wholly unacceptable. So the culture of the Department of Defense is such. From my direct observation, The DoD's recruiting is horrible now, worse since the Vietnam War. and they think if they give our service members a smooth transition to the civilian world, it's going to increase people getting out of the service that's been proven wrong by Naval Special Warfare. (09:37–09:43)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense's recruiting is at its worst since the Vietnam War.

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