CAMARILLO: ARMY IS REFORMING, MODERNIZING RECRUITING
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 07:08
The Army is facing “significant challenges” with recruiting, but the service is working to “reform and modernize … for today’s landscape,” a senior leader said.
“Today's recruiting landscape did not emerge overnight, and it will take more than one year to solve,” Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo testified March 22 before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing to explore recruiting challenges facing the military. “We need to address a combination of challenging long-term problems and current market trends that are together having an acute impact.”
Though the Army missed last year’s recruiting goal of 60,000 soldiers by 15,000, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said this year’s goal has been upped to 65,000.
The Army has taken several steps as it tries to improve recruiting, including a recent revival of “Be All You Can Be,” a recruiting slogan that first appeared in the 1980s. It has also introduced several recruiting and retention incentives, Camarillo said.
https://www.ausa.org/news/camarillo-army-reforming-modernizing-recruiting
