As the Air Force looks to close a projected shortfall in recruiting, the service is offering new incentives for Airmen of all stripes to do some recruiting of their own. Under the Airman and Guardian Referral Program, unveiled May 18, members of the Air Force and ...
While military leaders and lawmakers have spent much of the past year or so fretting over low recruiting numbers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Space Force has been an anomaly, having to turn away thousands of applicants eager to join the newest ...
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts increasingly note the challenging long-term trends the service faces in convincing young Americans to join: Declining numbers of eligible candidates, lower interest and propensity to serve, and reduced exposure to military people and service. But while ...
The Department of Defense needs to collect and track more data, develop better goals and strategies, and monitor the effectiveness of its plans when it comes to recruiting and retaining service members, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released March 28. The report ...
Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told Air & Space Forces Magazine that top leaders are working the service’s recruiting problems, as ;eaders late last year “put a team together to ensure that we are evaluating all of the things that we do ...
The Air Force Recruiting Service faces a 10 percent shortfall this year amid low unemployment and a declining interest in military service among young Americans.
In the face of polls showing fewer and fewer young Americans interested in serving in the military and headlines highlighting issues within the services, senior Air Force and Space Force leaders gave impassioned pleas for Airmen and Guardians to challenge existing narratives about military service ...
The 2023 National Defense Authorization bill passed the House Dec. 8 and the Senate is poised to pass it in the next few weeks, paving the way for a 4.6 percent pay raise, a housing allowance increase, the elimination of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and ...
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman delivered a keynote address on “The Guardians of Tomorrow” at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 20, 2022. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Potential Airmen and Guardians who test positive for the high-producing compound in marijuana during their entrance physical may still be able to serve, thanks to a new pilot program announced by the Department of the Air Force. Under the two-year program, recruits who test positive ...
A year ago, Air Force leaders were celebrating an unusually successful year in recruiting. For the first time in more than half a decade, the Air Force Recruiting Service was on pace to hit all of its goals—Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, and Space Force. Twelve months ...
More than two and a half years in and with its basic building blocks largely in place, the Space Force is planning work to fine tune and “engineer” its distinctive culture, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond.