The military can pick and choose whom they want right now, there is no lack of applicants. Your kid might not be able to get in, even if he or she tried. The thought that nobody wants to be in the military, they are so desperate they will take anybody and force them to serve is an illusion and rather insulting to our professional soldiers.
Now if there’s another huge world war involving millions of soldiers dying? Start worrying. But that does seem a long way off. The other candidate was much more of a hawk than this one.