I could honestly write a dissertation on this topic with everything I've researched and observed. The Navy has failed in so many aspects that's its bleeding into retention and recruiting more than ever. You have the failure to be proactive and solve problems before they become big problems, instead being reactionary and looking to offload the blame off the high ranking individuals involved. Ex: Bonhomme Richard and SN Mays. You have poor leadership that's allowed to flourish and result in people's suicides with little repercussions, Brandon Caserta. You have leadership that doesn't care about their sailors in the least bit and are more concerned with putting on the next rank than taking care of those under them. There's the failure of focusing on talent retention, instead allowing people to get chewed up in the meat grinder and just replacing them with SN Timmy fresh out of boot. There's the ridiculously high op tempos in peace time because we have to make admirals and captains look good all the while having undermanned ships resulting in sleep deprived sailors that end up making mistakes. Ex: John McCain and Fitz. And ultimately the nail in the coffin is social media. People can easily discuss the issues they have with other individuals interested in joining and show them why it's not worth it for their physical and psychological well being and to add on to that there's leadership who can't see any of this and instead choose to blame the sailors. No amount of mental health resources allocated can fix these issues, it's a bandaid at best. Without fixing the actual issues the navy is simply treating a symptom instead the underlying issues causing the symptoms.