THE ARMY “BRAT” DOES NOT WANT TO BECOME AN ARMY OFFICER ANYMORE - Why are Children of Armed Forces Officers Reluctant to take up a Career in the Armed Forces?

ARMY “BRATS” DO NOT WANT TO JOIN THE ARMY ANYMORE

Why are Children of Armed Forces Officers Reluctant to take up a Career in the Armed Forces?

Ramblings of a Retired Mind

By

VIKRAM KARVE

(This story is a work of fiction. The characters do not exist and are purely imaginary. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental)

Why are Children of Armed Forces Officers Reluctant to take up a Career in the Armed Forces?

THE ARMY “BRAT” DOES NOT WANT TO BECOME AN ARMY OFFICER ANYMORE

A few days ago there was an impromptu gathering of veteran officers of the army navy and air force officers.

While talking, we realized that all of us were from defence background.

Yes, the father of each and everyone of us had served in the armed forces – army, navy or air force.

In many cases, not only the father, but even the grandfather had been in the armed forces.

We talked about our children.

Most children had migrated abroad, mainly to the USA, and settled down there.

Of those working in India, the majority were Engineers, mainly “Techies” in the IT Sector, many were MBA’s and worked in the financial sector, some had taken up other civilian professions like medicine and law or joined the hospitality industry, others had become entrepreneurs.

But no one had joined the armed forces.

Yes, not even one child had joined his father’s profession and become a naval officer.

Neither had anyone had joined the sister defence services, to become an army or air force officer.

None of our children had taken up our profession of arms.

We discussed and talked about many our course-mates and batch-mates in the defence services and their children.

It was the same story. 

Nobody’s children had joined the armed forces.

The changing trend of career choice was evident.

When we were young, most children of defence officers opted for a career in the defence services.

Today, children of defence officers prefer a career in the civilian world.

Children of defence officers do not want to join the defence services.

This recent phenomenon is quite strange.

Most children like to follow the profession of their parents, especially if they like the job their parents do.

Yes, in many cases children take up the same profession as their parents.

This can be seen among Doctors, Lawyers, Businessmen, Entrepreneurs, Industrialists, Agriculturists, Chartered Accountants, Engineers, Builders, Civil Services (IAS, IPS etc), Educationists, Actors, Mariners, and, this trend of children following the profession of their parents, is particularly visible among Politicians.

Earlier, this trend was prevalent among the defence services as well.

In earlier generations, including mine, most children of armed forces officers were motivated to join the army, navy and air force. 

Generation after generation joined the armed forces - mostly the same service as their fathers, and, in the army, the same regiment as well.

Now, all this had changed, and children of defence officers no longer want to follow the footsteps of their parents.

They do not prefer to opt for a career in the defence services.

To put it in a nutshell:

Army “brats” do not want to join the army anymore

I wonder why?

VIKRAM KARVE

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