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The Army Needs Hundreds of Officers to Leave Combat Arms
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Published December 02, 2024 at 1:55 pm
The Army is seeking 300 lieutenants from oversaturated combat arms fields to voluntarily transfer into understaffed roles.
Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and field artillery can apply between Jan. 7 and Feb. 17 to transfer to adjutant general, air defense, finance, logistics and signal corps, the service announced in November.
Additionally, the service is also looking to fill in space operations, public affairs, simulations operations and information technology fields.
"Maybe they're looking for company command time but in a branch with a long wait queue, or they didn't get their initial branch of choice upon commissioning. This is a retention tool for those who want to stay and serve rather than to separate and seek opportunities elsewhere," Maj. Jesse Lansford, who analyzes personnel placement for Army Human Resources Command, said in a news release, adding that no officers will see forced reassignments.
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