Air force recruitment 2022

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Noel Colls, United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" flight surgeon delivers the Oath of Enlistment to future airmen during an enlistment ceremony at the “New York International Air Show” in New Windsor, New York, Aug. 28, 2021. Along with performing demonstrations at air shows the Thunderbirds engage in recruitment opportunities with local recruits. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SSgt Laurel Richards). Besides the COVID-19 problem, the rest of American society also does not seem to be encouraging people to join up. In September, Thomas told reporters at the “The 2% drop, that’s over two million American kids out there that we look to recruit,” Thomas said. “And the reason is, America’s youth are becoming ever-disconnected from the military.” A smaller military and a bigger population means fewer “moms, dads, aunts and uncles, people who’ve served, people they know,” Thomas said. In particular, the Air Force has seen the biggest drop in interest to serve among Black and Hispanic males and women in general, Thomas said in September. A wave of recent reports sheds light on a potential reason for that drop. For example, in September a report showed that one-third of female airmen have been U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Goldstrum, AFRS command chief, deliver their State of Command briefing to the 360th Recruiting Group at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in A...

June 9, 2023 The 349th Air Mobility Wing took a whole new approach to recruiting efforts by getting off the internet and getting personal.You’re invited June 4th to Travis AFB: Over 150 posters advertised the upcoming open house throughout Solano County as local radio broadcasters announced the event to the June 8, 2023 As part of a week-long camp, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from three local high schools toured multiple aircraft and Alaska Air National Guard facilities, and flew in an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 176th Wing and 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, June 7, 2023 Col. Michelle M. Coumbs took command of the 367th Recruiting Group here Tuesday during an assumption of command ceremony at the base Heritage Club. Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Amrhein, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, who took command of total force recruiting for the active duty, Reserve and

Share Article A year ago, Air Force leaders were Twelve months later, and the picture could hardly look more different. AFRS gritted out the ending to fiscal 2022, barely reaching its goal for the Active-duty Air Force and And while commander Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr. said during AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference that 2022 was a “perfect storm” of recruiting challenges and the toughest environment the Air Force has faced since 1999, he also acknowledged that 2023 won’t be easy, either, as his team is set to start the year with less of a cushion than it is used to. “I would say that we’re doing a dead-stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year ‘22,” Thomas said. “So dead-stick landing as we hit the 30th of September, and we’re going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff. We’re going to be starting fiscal year ‘23 behind about 5,000 recruits on the Active-duty side alone. We usually start with what we call a bank or starting pool of about 25 to 27 percent. That bank’s down to about 10 percent.” That “bank” consists of recruits who are simply waiting to ship out. Perfect Storm of 2022 In seeking to explain how the recruiting environment took such a dramatic turn for the worse, Thomas pointed to both long-term trends and short-term issues that challenged the Air Force in 2022. On the long-term side, continued declines in both eligibility and propensity to serve among America’s youth, as well as declining familiarity with ...

“This is the start of a long drought for military recruiting,” said Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank. He said the military has not had such a hard time signing recruits since 1973, the year the U.S. left Vietnam and the draft officially ended. Spoehr said he does not believe a revival of the draft is imminent, but “2022 is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force.” The pool of those eligible to join the military continues to shrink, with more young men and women than ever disqualified for obesity, drug use or criminal records. Last month, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville testified before Congress that only 23% of Americans ages 17-24 are qualified to serve without a waiver to join, down from 29% in recent years. An internal Defense Department survey obtained by NBC News found that only 9% of those young Americans eligible to serve in the military had any inclination to do so, the lowest number since 2007. The survey sheds light on how both Americans’ view of the military and the growing civilian-military divide may also be factors in slumping recruitment, and how public attitudes could cause recruiting struggles for years to come. “They think they’re going to be physically or emotionally broken after serving,” said one senior U.S. military official familiar with the recruiting issues, who believes a lack of familiarity with military service contributes to that perception. Among Americans surveyed by the...

Share Article A year ago, Air Force leaders were Twelve months later, and the picture could hardly look more different. AFRS gritted out the ending to fiscal 2022, barely reaching its goal for the Active-duty Air Force and And while commander Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr. said during AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference that 2022 was a “perfect storm” of recruiting challenges and the toughest environment the Air Force has faced since 1999, he also acknowledged that 2023 won’t be easy, either, as his team is set to start the year with less of a cushion than it is used to. “I would say that we’re doing a dead-stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year ‘22,” Thomas said. “So dead-stick landing as we hit the 30th of September, and we’re going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff. We’re going to be starting fiscal year ‘23 behind about 5,000 recruits on the Active-duty side alone. We usually start with what we call a bank or starting pool of about 25 to 27 percent. That bank’s down to about 10 percent.” That “bank” consists of recruits who are simply waiting to ship out. Perfect Storm of 2022 In seeking to explain how the recruiting environment took such a dramatic turn for the worse, Thomas pointed to both long-term trends and short-term issues that challenged the Air Force in 2022. On the long-term side, continued declines in both eligibility and propensity to serve among America’s youth, as well as declining familiarity with ...

“This is the start of a long drought for military recruiting,” said Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank. He said the military has not had such a hard time signing recruits since 1973, the year the U.S. left Vietnam and the draft officially ended. Spoehr said he does not believe a revival of the draft is imminent, but “2022 is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force.” The pool of those eligible to join the military continues to shrink, with more young men and women than ever disqualified for obesity, drug use or criminal records. Last month, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville testified before Congress that only 23% of Americans ages 17-24 are qualified to serve without a waiver to join, down from 29% in recent years. An internal Defense Department survey obtained by NBC News found that only 9% of those young Americans eligible to serve in the military had any inclination to do so, the lowest number since 2007. The survey sheds light on how both Americans’ view of the military and the growing civilian-military divide may also be factors in slumping recruitment, and how public attitudes could cause recruiting struggles for years to come. “They think they’re going to be physically or emotionally broken after serving,” said one senior U.S. military official familiar with the recruiting issues, who believes a lack of familiarity with military service contributes to that perception. Among Americans surveyed by the...

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Noel Colls, United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" flight surgeon delivers the Oath of Enlistment to future airmen during an enlistment ceremony at the “New York International Air Show” in New Windsor, New York, Aug. 28, 2021. Along with performing demonstrations at air shows the Thunderbirds engage in recruitment opportunities with local recruits. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SSgt Laurel Richards). Besides the COVID-19 problem, the rest of American society also does not seem to be encouraging people to join up. In September, Thomas told reporters at the “The 2% drop, that’s over two million American kids out there that we look to recruit,” Thomas said. “And the reason is, America’s youth are becoming ever-disconnected from the military.” A smaller military and a bigger population means fewer “moms, dads, aunts and uncles, people who’ve served, people they know,” Thomas said. In particular, the Air Force has seen the biggest drop in interest to serve among Black and Hispanic males and women in general, Thomas said in September. A wave of recent reports sheds light on a potential reason for that drop. For example, in September a report showed that one-third of female airmen have been U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Goldstrum, AFRS command chief, deliver their State of Command briefing to the 360th Recruiting Group at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in A...

“This is the start of a long drought for military recruiting,” said Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank. He said the military has not had such a hard time signing recruits since 1973, the year the U.S. left Vietnam and the draft officially ended. Spoehr said he does not believe a revival of the draft is imminent, but “2022 is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force.” The pool of those eligible to join the military continues to shrink, with more young men and women than ever disqualified for obesity, drug use or criminal records. Last month, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville testified before Congress that only 23% of Americans ages 17-24 are qualified to serve without a waiver to join, down from 29% in recent years. An internal Defense Department survey obtained by NBC News found that only 9% of those young Americans eligible to serve in the military had any inclination to do so, the lowest number since 2007. The survey sheds light on how both Americans’ view of the military and the growing civilian-military divide may also be factors in slumping recruitment, and how public attitudes could cause recruiting struggles for years to come. “They think they’re going to be physically or emotionally broken after serving,” said one senior U.S. military official familiar with the recruiting issues, who believes a lack of familiarity with military service contributes to that perception. Among Americans surveyed by the...

Share Article A year ago, Air Force leaders were Twelve months later, and the picture could hardly look more different. AFRS gritted out the ending to fiscal 2022, barely reaching its goal for the Active-duty Air Force and And while commander Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr. said during AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference that 2022 was a “perfect storm” of recruiting challenges and the toughest environment the Air Force has faced since 1999, he also acknowledged that 2023 won’t be easy, either, as his team is set to start the year with less of a cushion than it is used to. “I would say that we’re doing a dead-stick landing as we come into the end of fiscal year ‘22,” Thomas said. “So dead-stick landing as we hit the 30th of September, and we’re going to need to turn around on the first of October and do an afterburner takeoff. We’re going to be starting fiscal year ‘23 behind about 5,000 recruits on the Active-duty side alone. We usually start with what we call a bank or starting pool of about 25 to 27 percent. That bank’s down to about 10 percent.” That “bank” consists of recruits who are simply waiting to ship out. Perfect Storm of 2022 In seeking to explain how the recruiting environment took such a dramatic turn for the worse, Thomas pointed to both long-term trends and short-term issues that challenged the Air Force in 2022. On the long-term side, continued declines in both eligibility and propensity to serve among America’s youth, as well as declining familiarity with ...

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Noel Colls, United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" flight surgeon delivers the Oath of Enlistment to future airmen during an enlistment ceremony at the “New York International Air Show” in New Windsor, New York, Aug. 28, 2021. Along with performing demonstrations at air shows the Thunderbirds engage in recruitment opportunities with local recruits. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SSgt Laurel Richards). Besides the COVID-19 problem, the rest of American society also does not seem to be encouraging people to join up. In September, Thomas told reporters at the “The 2% drop, that’s over two million American kids out there that we look to recruit,” Thomas said. “And the reason is, America’s youth are becoming ever-disconnected from the military.” A smaller military and a bigger population means fewer “moms, dads, aunts and uncles, people who’ve served, people they know,” Thomas said. In particular, the Air Force has seen the biggest drop in interest to serve among Black and Hispanic males and women in general, Thomas said in September. A wave of recent reports sheds light on a potential reason for that drop. For example, in September a report showed that one-third of female airmen have been U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Goldstrum, AFRS command chief, deliver their State of Command briefing to the 360th Recruiting Group at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in A...