A new push to recruit and retain the best candidates for the infantry
By: Todd South   15 hours ago
Members of a task force focused on grunts and special operations troops are finding ways to make infantry a top choice and not a last resort for entry-level recruits.
To that end, they have visited the Israeli Defense Force, the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Army’s major combat training centers, the Army’s Infantry School and the Marine Corps’ combined arms training center to find the best practices for finding, recruiting, retaining and training a transformed light infantry.
Army Sgt. Maj. Jason Wilson, the senior enlisted adviser to the Close Combat Lethality Task Force, briefed media at the Pentagon this week on some of the early initiatives of the task force since it was formed in March.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/09/19/this-mattis-created-task-force-wants-to-recruit-and-retain-the-best-candidates-for-the-infantry/