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Most soldiers are too young. And military personnel technically can conceal carry on base, but it need's the base commander's approval. So it is effectively banned. Why? The military as a whole is incredibly (and paradoxically) risk averse. You have to wear your 3-5lb ballistic helmet when you're driving a tactical vehicle, even if you're just driving it to a different parking spot 10 feet over because Sergeant Major thinks it looks better over there. Amongst the officers and leadership, it's a very big CYA culture. If one soldier dies by suicide on base with their personal firearm, well their answer is to just ban guns on base. Don't need to increase access to mental health providers, that costs money. Now it's not the DoD's fault someone got shot, we don't let them have guns. A Marine rapes someone? We'll ban all Marines from going off base, and make them all watch a PowerPoint on why rape is bad. Can't be the DoD's fault, we told them rape is bad. Oh there was a DUI on base that resulted in a bunch of death's? Not the DoD's fault, we said they can't drink on base. A bunch of soldier's died in a flash flood, knowing there was an imminent storm on this area known for flash floods? Oh that can't be the DoD's fault for making them train anyway, the now dead sergeant should have checked the base's weather page that nobody knows about. It really doesn't matter if servicemembers die or get hurt, as long as the officer's in charged covered their ass.
If you still check out reddit, go check out /r/military, /r/army, or any of their US military focused sub's. You'll see complaints of leadership doing this kind of CYA, bare minimum bullshit over and over instead of actually fixing the problems.
TL;DR The head honchos in the US military don't care whether or not conceal carry on base has the potential to make things safer. They just don't want to look bad and get a black mark on their file.
Yall keep saying soldiers are too young to carry guns. Then why the fuck are they allowed to be soldiers??
In most states you have to be over 21 if you want to conceal carry a pistol.
The same reason most gun control explicitly excludes cops from having to follow the law.