by ADC | Jul 6, 2023 | Climate, Installation Innovation, On Base, Recruitment
The Connecticut National Guard is offering any current or retired member $500 if they can recruit someone to join the state’s Guard. “We need to think outside of the box when it comes to recruiting, especially for our military that has been a vital resource to our...
by ADC | Jun 30, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
The Marine Corps has met its recruitment and retention goals for the current fiscal year, Marine Corps Times reported. “It’s really a culture shift in the Marine Corps, where maybe a few years ago there was a kind of ‘recruit and replace’ and that was the paradigm,”...
by ADC | Jun 29, 2023 | On Base, Recruitment
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told Army Times about how the service will approach a likely series of unit cuts and restructuring to maintain mission readiness with an anticipated drop in end strength. Wormuth outlined four “prongs” that will determine what gets...
by ADC | Jun 26, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Housing, Military Families, NDAA, On Base, Recruitment
The Senate Armed Services Committee released a summary of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act Friday after days of mostly closed hearings. Here are some of the items in the bill, which still has to pass the Senate and be reconciled with the House...
by ADC | Jun 26, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said last week that despite projections the Air Force – like most other branches – will fall short of this fiscal year’s recruitment goals, he has no serious concerns about recruitment in the long run, as Air & Space Forces...
by ADC | Jun 13, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
Army leaders continue to warn they’re likely to miss their recruitment goals again this fiscal year, but the service has already met this year’s retention goals, four months ahead of schedule, Army Times reported. “You know we have great soldiers, and I do love our...
by ADC | Jun 6, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
The Army National Guard has seen a “steady increase in our recruiting abilities,” National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson told lawmakers last week. “The Army National Guard is on the path to meet our end strength by the end of the year. I am not declaring...
by ADC | May 31, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Recruitment
The Air National Guard will likely fall up to 4,000 recruits short of its requirements for the current fiscal year, Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, the commanding general, said Tuesday, Stars and Stripes reported. It’s a challenge across the military, but Loh said it’s a...
by ADC | May 25, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base, Recruitment, Water
Hawaii Public Radio reported that about 100 community members turned out for an open house that gave them “direct access to military personnel like never before to understand this chapter of Red Hill.” The military is planning for an October start date to drain the...
