{"id":121684,"date":"2022-01-13T10:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=121684"},"modified":"2022-01-13T10:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:51:53","slug":"army-and-air-force-both-having-recruitment-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=121684","title":{"rendered":"Army and Air Force both having recruitment issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that the Air Force is sounding the alarm on falling enlistments. Poetrooper sends in word that the Army is similarly facing recruiting difficulties.<\/p>\n

First up, the Air Force, as reported by Task & Purpose<\/a>;<\/p>\n

etween the COVID-19 pandemic, a low number of eligible recruits and a low unemployment rate, the Air Force recruiting service will have a tough time hitting its goals for fiscal year 2022, Maj. Gen. Edward Thomas Jr. said in a memo leaked to social media on Monday.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the number of people on the Air Force\u2019s \u2018Qualified and Waiting\u2019 list, the list of recruits waiting for a spot in a certain career field to open up, \u201cis about half of what it has historically been,\u201d Thomas wrote in the memo, which was posted to the popular Facebook page Air Force amn\/nco\/snco. The \u201clead conversion,\u201d the rate at which interested possible recruits actually sign the dotted line, is also down, Thomas said.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Air Force is in such a pickle that Thomas compared the situation to Apollo 13, the 1970 NASA mission where three astronauts nearly died on their way to the moon after an oxygen tank in their ship failed.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Houston, we have a problem,\u2019\u201d Thomas wrote. \u201cNot unlike Apollo 13, we have some mission challenges across Air Force recruiting, [regular Air Force], Guard and Reserve, that we didn\u2019t see coming.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No word from Captain Jim Lovell if he appreciates the comparison of a potentially missed recruiting goal to the harrowing journey he nearly didn’t return from on his second trip to the moon.<\/p>\n

Now the Army, from Breitbart<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army is facing difficulties finding enough recruits and hopes increased bonuses will lure them in, according to a report on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Army for the first time is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly-skilled recruits who join for six years, the Associated Press reported. Until now, the record high was $40,000.<\/p>\n

The head of Army\u2019s Recruiting Command, Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, told the AP in an interview that the difficulties stem from schools shuttering during the pandemic and a competitive job market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still living the implications of 2020 and the onset of COVID, when the school systems basically shut down,\u201d said he told the outlet. \u201cWe lost a full class of young men and women that we didn\u2019t have contact with, face-to-face.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he also said some young people are taking gap years and \u201care making the decision that they don\u2019t necessarily need to work right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vereen said last year\u2019s recruiting goal was 57,500 and this year it would be about the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to promote the value of serving your country first,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we also know that, this generation and I guess human nature, you know, it\u2019s all about compensation, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recruiting struggle comes as the military is poised to separate possibly tens of thousands of service members for declining to be vaccinated and defying the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine mandate. The number of unvaccinated service members is estimated to be around 30,000. So far, the Marine Corps has separated more than 200, and the Air Force more than 20.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is just like the hospitals firing all the unvaxxed staff and then complaining about staffing issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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