Just like anything else, I think we need to be careful with the broad brush. My kids at my son's commissioning ceremony last year. He is finishing up BOLC now at Ft. Benning and starts ranger school in April. Daughter is finishing up her Masters on a scholarship with a guaranteed job. Both work their butts off.
I do agree that this generation is different but I know some outstanding youth their ages. I do run into more that are "entitled" and think they should be handed the keys to the kingdom without putting in the work.
We so quickly put everyone in categories or paint whole generations as lazy and entitled. Similar to folks needing to be labeled liberal crazy or conservative nutjobs. The world is gray.