{"id":2346718,"date":"2024-09-27T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-passes-active-duty-recruiting-goal-after-16000-go-through-extra-training-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:56:49","slug":"army-passes-active-duty-recruiting-goal-after-16000-go-through-extra-training-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-passes-active-duty-recruiting-goal-after-16000-go-through-extra-training-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Army passes active duty recruiting goal after 16,000 go through extra training &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmy-passes-active-duty-recruiting-goal-after-16000-go-through-extra-training-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Army has announced that it\u200b has \u2064surpassed its recruiting \u2063goal for fiscal 2024, aided by the success of the Future \u2062Soldier Preparatory Course, which \u2064provides additional training for recruits who initially \u200cdo not \u200bmeet enlistment requirements. Approximately\u2064 16,000\u2063 recruits participated in\u2062 this program, allowing the Army to\u200c exceed its target \u2063of 55,000 new\u200c accessions by \u200c300\u200d soldiers. There\u200d are also an additional 11,000 soldiers in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battle-for-talent-is-intense-us-air-force-set-to-miss-recruiting-goal-by-10-percent\/\" title=\"US Air Force to Fall Short of Recruiting Goal by 10% in Fierce Talent Battle.\">delayed entry program<\/a>, which is significantly higher than the\u2063 Army&#8217;s expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing recruitment shortfalls in \u2063prior years, where\u200b it missed its fiscal 2023\u200d goal of 65,000 recruits\u200c by\u200c 11,000, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth highlighted the program&#8217;s efficient graduation rate of over 90%.\u2064 However, Wormuth faced scrutiny from some lawmakers regarding the lowered recruitment targets. The average enlistment\u200b age is rising, currently at 22\u2063 years and four months, indicating \u2063a potential market for recruiting older individuals. The Army aims to tap into this\u2064 demographic to enhance its recruitment strategy moving forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Army passes active duty recruiting goal after 16,000 go through extra training<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1335381\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/army\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Army<\/a> announced on Thursday that it surpassed its recruiting goal for fiscal 2024 after giving thousands of recruits three extra months to pass fitness and intelligence goals they were unable to on the first go.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>About 16,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"recruits\">recruits<\/a> who did not initially meet the Army&rsquo;s requirements for enlistment were able to go through the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, essentially three months of extra training to meet requirements before boot camp.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the program, the Army surpassed its stated goal of 55,000 accessions by 300. There are also 11,000 soldiers in the delayed entry program, which allows people to join the Army and delay basic training.<\/p>\n<p>The total for the delayed entry program is more than double the goal, according to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who said it &ldquo;will allow our recruiting efforts for next year to start strong right out of the gate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Army was suffering from a recruitment shortfall, having missed a stated goal of 65,000 recruits in fiscal 2023 by about 11,000 soldiers. The previous year, it missed a goal of 60,000 by about 15,000.<\/p>\n<p>Since the inception of the Future Soldier Preparatory Course program about two years ago, more than 28,000 recruits from all components have graduated from it, representing a higher than 90% graduation rate, Brig. Gen. Jennifer Walkawicz of the Army Training and Doctrine Command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wormuth faced criticism from Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) during a hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this year, in which he questioned whether the Army was at the time only on pace to meet its recruitment goal because it had been lowered compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s improving because you&rsquo;re throwing a dart at the wall and then drawing the bullseye around it,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/army\/2024-04-18\/army-soldiers-recruiting-enlistment-senate-wormuth-13590935.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during the April hearing. &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t think that is a little suspicious, that you&rsquo;re simply trying to avoid negative headlines once again for your failure to meet basic recruiting goals?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not focused on headlines,&rdquo; Wormuth said. &ldquo;What I&rsquo;m doing is doing everything possible to help the Army improve its recruiting, and that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-bid-to-keep-ranks-filled-u-s-navy-halts-up-or-out-rules\/\" title=\"In Bid to Keep Ranks Filled, U.S. Navy Halts Up or Out Rules\">enlistment age<\/a> is rising and now sits at&nbsp;22 years and four months old, Maj. Gen. Johnny Davis, commander of Army Recruiting Command, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>He said the rising average enlistment age demonstrates there is a market for recruiting slightly older people but also that the older crowd would not be incentivized to enlist by the same things.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That enlistment age only tells us, &lsquo;Hey, there&rsquo;s another market that we&rsquo;re not really fully in.&rsquo; We&rsquo;re in the high school market. That is growing, but we really want this labor market to really grow for those who are older,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/280044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. &ldquo;If we understand, you know, for a high schooler, of course, you have the GI Bill, you know, we have for college grads, college loan repayment, but now what is it when we look at that labor market?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Army has also recently begun working with Deloitte to use artificial intelligence to help identify recruits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of what we&rsquo;ve been doing in the past is really taking a high school list and cold-calling, you know, 200 or 300 high school seniors,&rdquo; Davis added. &ldquo;That is what we have to get away from. We have to expand. And from an innovation perspective, that&rsquo;s been going on for about two months, and there&rsquo;s a lot of wonderful things that are happening.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Military leaders across the services attributed poor recruiting numbers in recent years to a variety of factors, including a growing percentage of eligible people by age but who failed to meet the service&rsquo;s requirements, a growing unfamiliarity between civilians and the military, and the pandemic, which shut down its ability to recruit from its primary targets, such as high schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1335381\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1335381\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army exceeds recruiting target after 16,000 complete extra training<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2346719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24058546085042-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[28526,4367,3698],"class_list":["post-2346718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-active-duty","tag-army","tag-recruiting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24058546085042-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}