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The Army hasn't met its annual goal for new enlistment contracts in nearly 10 years, and is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting efforts.
The Army hasn’t met its annual goal for new enlistment contracts since 2014. A new professional force of recruiters will overhaul the current recruitment system and focus on young people who have attended college or are early on in their careers.
The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers, as it scrambles to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls. A major part of this is the formation of a new professional force of recruiters instead of relying on soldiers randomly assigned to the task. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, in an interview with The Associated Press, said some of the changes will begin in the next 90 days but a wholesale transformation will take years.
The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers, as it scrambles to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls.
The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers, as it scrambles to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls.