Great news!! This may be a blessing in disguise for you. Maybe a much less stressful line of work?
Jarheads will do what Jarheads do. I’m proud of the ones who are saying no. The Marine Corps is dealing with a whole new mindset with this generation. You are looking at a generation where 50% of the nation is divorced. They are taught to question everything from the time they can start learning, and they literally have the world’s information at their fingertips.
Rigid adherence to authority figures is dying with the Baby Boomer, Gen X, population, and to some extent the early millennials. Those are the last 3 generations to grow up in nuclear house holds, and were taught/raised that any adult is an authority figure, no back talk, and any word form an authority figure is the gospel.
An interesting change indeed.
We see these differences in my ending line of work.
I see both sides of your point.
I can appreciate the "questioning" authority and the ability to have an immediate research network at their fingertips.
This causes me unicorn visions while at the same time kicks me in the nuts.
The ability to get my kids to call their friends parents "Mr Smith" or "Mrs Smith" instead of "Bob" or "Cheryl" is gone. Likewise I asked a boot his name the other day and he said "Billy" or whatever not "Sir, Trooper Smith, Sir"
I see value in that small acknowledgement of a system of 'courtesies" and "respect" based on seniority even if not grounded in performance. Kind of the "respect the rank, if not the man" thing.....
but......
I want independent thinkers that will shove an unpinned grenade in the non-performing Lts pocket when it really matters and the hard charging Sgt is then allowed to conduct business.
Regards their access to information....
Public education is not producing critical thinkers and private education is not much better.
Access to information is useless if the consumer can not take it all in and formulate a truth or something near truth.
Read the enemies propaganda as well as your own bias supporting sources and come up with something close to reality.