Around 2002....as a retired Air Force NCO...working as a contractor on a base....I came to this odd phenomenon....young recruits (19 to 21) who were arriving on base with no drivers license, and no interest in getting one.
In this group I worked with....two young ladies presented this issue. One had finished school in California the year prior, and the other was a product out of the Seattle region in the year prior.
I posed the question to each young lady....weren't you going to proceed to get a license? Both answered 'no.....why'?
Last year, I got into a conversation with a AF NCO....he had the same issue brewing. This was a shop which required vehicle use, and from the 15-odd enlisted people in his group....two young men and young lady....had no state license. His position? He could force the issue that they get training to operate a vehicle on base, but beyond that....he couldn't force them to apply for a state license.
I asked him....where was this attitude coming from? His feeling was that this 'culture' were used to the parents getting somewhere and if they couldn't go....they either walked or just 'stayed-put'. He even noted....they weren't into vehicle ownership as well.
Weird? Yeah, and you just wonder where this started?
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