{"id":152960,"date":"2024-02-08T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T13:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152960"},"modified":"2024-02-07T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T22:38:24","slug":"retired-airmen-invited-to-return-to-active-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152960","title":{"rendered":"Retired Airmen invited to return to active duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Air Force is leveraging a solution it hopes will help it fill its manpower needs. They are looking to fill up to 1,000 enlisted and mid-career commissioned positions. Should they apply and get accepted, they could look at four to six months before they are back on active service. They will serve no more than 48 months.<\/p>\n

From The Military Times:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The service announced Wednesday that it will reopen a recall program to fill as many as 1,000 mid-career commissioned and enlisted jobs, including pilots, combat systems officers, recruiters, air traffic controllers and more. The move comes as the Air Force looks to plug critical staffing holes, facing renewed tensions in the Middle East and possibility of conflict with China.<\/p>\n

The application window for the Voluntary Retired Return to Service Program opens Thursday, the Air Force said in a release. Applications must be submitted by Jan. 31, 2026, to serve on active duty for no more than 48 months. Those selected can expect to return to uniform between four and six months after they apply.<\/p>\n

“The VRRAD program is a strategic enabler to embrace experienced talent, tapping into a valuable resource of retired members to fill critical roles to close the gap against our peer competitors,” Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller, the service’s uniformed personnel chief, said in a release.<\/p>\n

The program is limited to commissioned officers who held the rank of captain through lieutenant colonel, as well as former enlisted staff sergeants through senior master sergeants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Military Times has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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