Regulation governs eligibility criteria, policies, and procedures for enlistment and processing of persons into the Regular Army and the U.S. Army reserve for enlistment on or after the effective date of this regulation. It also prescribes the...
This thesis investigates the effect the National and Community Service Act of 1993 will have on the Army's ability to acquire high-quality soldiers. The research shows that the Act of 1993 will attract one-third of the high-quality youth who had...
The United States' All-Volunteer Force (AVF) is embroiled in the longest ground combat power intensive conflict in its history. The Army's massive need for Soldiers has placed so much strain on the Army recruiting system that at times recruit...
Non-citizens have served in the United States military during every war since at least the Civil War. In 1862 Congress, in an effort to increase the size of the Army, passed the first legislation which authorized expedited citizenship for...
Today’s Army faces many ethical problems. Army Recruiting has long suffered through allegations and investigations of recruiter improprieties. Recruiter improprieties are illegal or immoral acts committed by recruiters to enlist known unqualified...
Regardless of Army regulations that provides only for males to enlist, many women infiltrated the ranks by disguising themselves as men. A few of these women acquitted themselves very well as Soldiers. Many women went undetected but others got...
Recruiters have the toughest job in the Army. Their job is to locate, qualify, and enlist applicants into the United States Army; despite military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations in the world, a recruiter must have integrity and...
The U.S. military's system of duplicative and competitive active duty recruiting contributes to and perpetuates the failure of DOD-wide recruiting efforts. Given the significant changes in the U.S. economy, and the relinquishment of market-share by...
This study examines a fundamental misalignment in the efficiency and effectiveness of current processes employed to select and place candidates for service in tomorrow's United States Army. This misalignment concerns the Knowledge, Skills,...
Recruiting duty has always been one of the most demanding assignments in the Army since we became an all volunteer force. The Army Recruiting Command’s mission is to recruit qualified individuals for the Army and Army Reserve. The Department of...
This paper analyzes the U.S. Army process for recruiting and training soldiers to determine if Army Transformation is properly geared toward manning the Objective Force. The study begins by analyzing the nature of the battlefield of 2020 in order...
The U.S. Army has experienced a disproportionate decline in Black recruitment. Blacks, who once represented 23 percent of annual recruits, now only represent less than 14 percent. What factors have caused the disproportionate decline in Black...
Jefferson, Christopher E.; Lee, Ernest; Schweers, Matthew; Albert, Ruben L.; Vigil, Ernest J.
In assessing the impact of The Global War on Terror on Army retention numerous sources were used to review Army history on retention in previous times of war, pre-9/11, post 9/11 to present, were Army retention could be successful in the future...
The purpose of this text is to provide the Army with a factual record of the measures taken to offset personnel losses during the various periods of American military history. It begins with the foundation for the replacement system laid during the...
This monograph will argue that Black Americans, who have historically enlisted in the Army in overwhelming proportions with respect to national populations, are now pursuing other opportunities outside of the Army. The U.S. Army and African...
Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
In wars involving vast land masses in which the available manpower of a nation is severely taxed it may be expedient and necessary to use "volunteer" forces. It is gathered from this treatise that the basic mistake of the planners was that no...
United States Army Recruiters face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. Sustaining the strength for America's Army is a demanding and challenging mission and it takes a person of moral character to accomplish this mission.
The majority of ethical...
A major ethical problem facing the Army today is the ethical climate in the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC). The Army selects their field recruiters, which usually consists of Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) in the ranks of Sergeant...
Though some Army recruiters will use any means to get a potential recruit to enlist in the Army, should Army recruiters lie and use unethical practices in order to make their mission? There has always been a fine line that Army recruiters walk in...
America’s military services, the United States Army in particular, are finding it very difficult to find new recruits and maintain the experienced junior enlisted service members in their ranks. The Department of Defense and Army leadership has...