Army graduates its first cohort of new warrant officer recruiters
By Jonathan Lehrfeld
Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Army Talent Acquisition Specialist (420T) candidates completed the first phase of their initial training program at the Adjutant General School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, May 10, 2024, and are now set to graduate as the first group of warrant officers with their new military occupational specialty. (Army)
The Army held a graduation ceremony Thursday morning at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for its first group of warrant officers to possess a specific military occupational specialty for recruiting.
The 25 talent acquisition technicians will aid in the service’s overall recruiting operations, data analytics and marketing techniques, Col. Christine Rice, the lead officer in charge of the Army’s workforce redesign initiative, said during a media event Wednesday. She added that the soldiers, known as 420Ts, who started their training in March, will arrive at their assignments in August and September.
Following past lackluster recruiting seasons, the Army begins to move away from its former structure with the addition of permanent recruiters. But the service aims to not just tread water in a difficult recruiting environment but to use key data points to target new talent and close demographic gaps in the force.
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