Keeping soldiers in the Army may start with making bases more convenient
By Scott Maucione
June 11, 2019 1:11 pm
You may not expect it, but soldiers like farmers’ markets. They also like Amazon packages delivered on time, pizza brought directly to their house and taking a Lyft home from the bar.
Those options are pretty sparse for many soldiers who live on bases, and that’s an issue for an Army that missed its recruiting goal last year and which is trying to retain its best talent.
Carla Coulson, Army director of installation services, said the military branch needs to rethink the permeability of its bases if it wants to maintain a satisfactory quality of life for soldiers.
“We need to change or we’re going to continue to lose interest in serving in the military,†Coulson said Monday at the Defense Communities National Summit in Washington. “We need to change on our Army installations. People don’t want to live on Army installations anymore.â€
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