{"id":119192,"date":"2021-11-04T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=119192"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:33:29","slug":"commandant-wants-to-treat-marines-like-human-beings-instead-of-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=119192","title":{"rendered":"Commandant wants to treat Marines ‘Like Human Beings Instead of Inventory’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Commandant of the Marine Corps wants to retain more Marines after their first enlistment. He also wants to recruit older, more experienced troops.<\/p>\n

Military.com reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps is poised to radically change how and who it recruits after the commandant released his new Talent Management Plan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to the plan, the service must become an older, more agile and talent-driven force with more emphasis on retaining people instead of recruiting replacements.<\/p>\n

Gen. David Berger, the Corps’ top leader, said that the manpower system the branch has used for the last 35 years isn’t working anymore.<\/p>\n

“It was built on a set of conditions that were existing in the ’80s and ’70s. They don’t exist today,” he told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The report announcing the new plan noted that the service currently holds onto a meager 25% of Marines after their first tour. A staggering 75%, or about 36,000 Marines per year, do not reenlist, and the service must recruit replacements.<\/p>\n

“We can’t replace talent like that going forward,” Berger said.<\/p>\n

He wants to pivot to recruiting more mature and experienced people who bring a greater ability to handle a variety of skills and tasks.<\/p>\n

“I think the machine gunner who’s also a … medic also has to be able to talk to MQ-9 UAVs and bring in orders, and understand the satellite connection is required to do that,” Berger said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure the trained medic and air traffic controller with portable satellite comms experience will jump at the opportunity to be an E-1 0331.<\/p>\n

The planned changes to recruiting, and the commandant’s examples of multitasking Marines, come directly from the other major strategy shift for the branch — Force Design 2030.<\/p>\n

It calls for a redesigned infantry battalion that would be more flexible and capable of conducting operations such as island-hopping or running advanced base operations with little or no support.<\/p>\n

“Our assumption is they’re going to have to be more mature than the four-year sergeant that we have today,” Berger said.<\/p>\n

Bringing that maturity and talent into the Corps, however, will mean putting more focus on retention and targeting recruitment at different groups — and allowing people to enter the service in new ways.<\/p>\n

“We should have an open door for exceptionally talented Americans who wish to join the Marine Corps, allowing them to laterally enter at a rank appropriate to their education, experience, and ability,” according to the plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That ought to go over real well in the\u00a0very\u00a0<\/em>rank and time in service oriented Marine Corps. More at the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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